

“I discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style, was not the well-deserved reward of an ordered mind but just the opposite: a complete system of pretense invented by me to hide the disorder of my nature. I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I appear generous in order to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am evil-minded, that I am conciliatory in order not to succumb to my repressed rage, that I am punctual only to hide how little I care about other people鈥檚 time. I learned, in short, that love is not a condition of the spirit but a sign of the zodiac.”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores

“Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters

“I鈥檝e met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, 鈥淲hy?鈥
Why did I cause so much pain?
Didn鈥檛 I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness?
Can鈥檛 I see how we鈥檙e all manifestations of love?
I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God鈥檚 got this all wrong.
We are not special.
We are not crap or trash, either.
We just are.
We just are, and what happens just happens.
And God says, 鈥淣o, that鈥檚 not right.鈥
Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can鈥檛 teach God anything.”
― Fight Club
Why did I cause so much pain?
Didn鈥檛 I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness?
Can鈥檛 I see how we鈥檙e all manifestations of love?
I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God鈥檚 got this all wrong.
We are not special.
We are not crap or trash, either.
We just are.
We just are, and what happens just happens.
And God says, 鈥淣o, that鈥檚 not right.鈥
Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can鈥檛 teach God anything.”
― Fight Club

“You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club

“But if you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
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