People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

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I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the...

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the...

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth...

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth...

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them...

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Your folks are like God because you want to know they're out there and you...

Your folks are like God because you want to know they're out there and you...

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.

The magic of sex is itÃs acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how...

The magic of sex is itÃs acquisition without the burden of possessions. No matter how...

Only after disaster can we be ressurected.

Only after disaster can we be ressurected.

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war,...

Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war,...

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster,...

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster,...

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People...

Even God cant get by without using statistics to conceal uncertainty.

Even God cant get by without using statistics to conceal uncertainty.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will...

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will...

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

He who marries for love without money has good nights and sorry days.

He who marries for love without money has good nights and sorry days.