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“Yes,” I sighed. Sometimes, the only excuse for doing something stupid is knowing that you are doing it and being willing to accept the consequences.”
― Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful

“When you can't fix a thing, the best course of action can be to ruin it all so that no one can see what truly happened."
Nick laughed, and I wondered if that was what love was, making someone forget the pain that gnawed at them and would not stop.”
― Nghi Vo, The Chosen and the Beautiful

“How can I keep silent? How can I stay quiet?
My friend, whom I loved, has turned to clay,
my friend Enkidu, whom I loved has turned to clay.
Shall I not be like him, and also lie down,
never to rise again, through all eternity?”
― Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

“My pain is that my eyes and ears No longer see and hear the same As yours do. Your eyes have changed. You are crying. You never cried before. It’s not like you. Why am I to die, You to wander on alone? Is that the way it is with friends?”
― Anonymous, Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative

“suddenly I’m seized by a minor anxiety attack. There are too many fucking movies to choose from.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

“Most importantly we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

“I love everything about Tyler Durden, his courage and his smarts. His nerve. Tyler is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and men look up to him and expect him to change their world. Tyler is capable and free, and I am not.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“You love me. You ignore me. You save my life, then you cook my mother into soap.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“How Tyler saw it was that getting God's attention for being bad was better than getting no attention at all. Maybe God's hate is better than His indifference.

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose?

We are God's middle children, according to Tyler Durden, with no special place in history and no special attention.

Unless we get God's attention, we have no hope of damnation or redemption.

Which is worse, hell or nothing?

Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“I am trash and shit and crazy to you and this whole fucking world. You don't care where I live or how I feel, or what I eat or how I feed my kids or how I pay the doctor if I get sick, and yes I am stupid ad bored and weak, but I am still your responsibility.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Yes, I kidnapped that Lindberg baby.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club