If you look at old pictures, Irene Casey is so pretty. Not just young, but pretty the way you look when your face goes smooth, the skin around your eyes and lips relaxed, the pretty you only look when you love the person taking the picture.
Chuck PalahniukA male chauvinist pig isn't born, he's made, and more and more of them are being made by women.
Chuck PalahniukSome stories, sheโd say, the more you tell them, the faster you use them up. Those kind, the drama burns off, and every version, they sound more silly and flat. The other kind of story, it uses you up. The more you tell it, the stronger it gets. Those kind of stories only remind you how stupid you were. Are. Will always be.
Chuck PalahniukKids, she says. When theyโre little, they believe everything you tell them about the world. As a mother, youโre the world almanac and the encyclopedia and the dictionary and the Bible, all rolled up together. But after they hit some magic age, itโs just the opposite. After that, youโre either a liar or a fool or a villain.
Chuck Palahniuk