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

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

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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...

First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you...

First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you...

Sex is a fleeting sensation, but most people dont seem to mind.

Sex is a fleeting sensation, but most people dont seem to mind.

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.

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...

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out...

When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out...

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...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

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...

You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one...

You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one...

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

She's not wearing makeup so her face just looks like skin.

She's not wearing makeup so her face just looks like skin.

Every apostle or disciple, as much as they're running to follow their savior- they're running...

Every apostle or disciple, as much as they're running to follow their savior- they're running...

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

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.

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,...

Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.

Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.

The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into...

The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into...

I've been driven to a good attitude by being hit over the head by self-will.

I've been driven to a good attitude by being hit over the head by self-will.