The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.
Chuck PalahniukAnd 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 PalahniukOur purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.
Chuck PalahniukI think that young people are less attached to items and objects now. They're less attached to consuming things and accruing things because they see it as a system that doesn't necessarily work and give them a sense of adulthood and fulfillment. They're much more in tune with wanting to achieve a skill, a form of self-expression, or a body of knowledge that fulfills the same function, fulfills their adulthood.
Chuck Palahniuk