And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people.
Chuck PalahniukWhen you're thinking about the rest of your life, you're never really thinking more than a couple years down the road.
Chuck PalahniukIf you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.
Chuck PalahniukWhere I'm is one of those stair climbing machines the agent has installed. You climb and climb forever and never get off the ground. You're trapped in your hotel room. It's the mystical sweat love lodge experience of our time, the only sort of Indian vision quest we can schedule into our daily planner.Our Stair Master to Heaven.
Chuck Palahniuk