Adjustment Day

by Chuck Palahniuk

“Those who demand peace are the people who already hold power.”

“Moments,” Piper read, “are the building blocks of our lives. And our lifetimes must not be measured in weekends. Our time on Earth must not be judged by wages earned and taxes paid.”

For schooling had given the people very little in exchange for their money. And the media had given nothing in exchange for the people’s time and attention.

Honing their resolve was the knowledge that the few journalists who’d retained their careers did so by inflating lies to terrify and enrage the public trust. Telling the truth wasn’t sufficient power.

Instead, from today onward, he was the saber-toothed tiger.

A Good Book Should Get You High.

Gavyn went to the reception area, and there was a girl with so many tattoos he had to wonder if her boyfriends lay in bed after sex and read her body like the back of a box of cereal.