My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich.
Chuck PalahniukI went to sexaholics anonymous for six months. For research. I wanted to see the structure of the groups, how they were conducted, and what the atmosphere was like, and also to be able to describe the people as human beings, rather than as the dirty jokes that they are in our culture.
Chuck PalahniukMarla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.
Chuck PalahniukHow can you possibly believe he really loves you?โ Miss Sneezy looks from the Mother to the Saint to Mr. Whittierโs hand.โYou have no choice,โ Mr. Whittier tells her. โIf you need to be loved.
Chuck PalahniukIn the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rock feller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighways.
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