Fertility says, "Can you relax and just let things happen?" I ask, does she mean, like disasters, like pain, like misery? Can I just let all that happen? "And Joy," she says, "and Serenity, and Happiness, and Contentment." She says all the wings of the Columbia Memorial Mausoleum. "You don't have to control everything," she says. "You can't control everything." But you can be ready for disaster. A sign goes by saying, Buckle Up. "If you worry about disaster all of the time, that's what you are going to get," Fertility says.
Chuck PalahniukIn a city this size, every year, hundreds of husbands walk away. Kids leave home. Wives escape. People disappear.
Chuck PalahniukThis is the worst problem with living history museums. They always leave the best parts out. Like typhus. And opium. And scarlet letters. Shunning. Witch-burning.
Chuck PalahniukIt's funny how the beauty of art has so much more to do with the frame than the artwork itself.
Chuck Palahniuk