An important part of building a new culture was allowing people to complain about their past. At first, the more they complained, the worse the past would seem. But by venting, people could start to resolve the past. By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward.
Chuck PalahniukJust let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life, keep telling people, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Chuck PalahniukEven if I overcompensate, nobody will ever want me. Not Seth. Not my folks. You canโt kiss someone who has no lips. Oh, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. Iโll be anybody you want me to be
Chuck PalahniukThere are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.
Chuck PalahniukBeginning with Santa Claus as a cognitive exercise, a child is encouraged to share the same idea of reality as his peers. Even if that reality is patently invented and ludicrous, belief is encouraged with gifts that support and promote the common cultural lies. The greatest consensus in modern society is our traffic systems. The way a flood of strangers can interact, sharing a path, almost all of them traveling without incident. It only takes one dissenting driver to create anarchy.
Chuck Palahniuk