Chuck Palahniuk citáty

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„Úsmev môžete držať len na obmedzený čas, potom sú to len zuby.“

„Len nechcem zomrieť bez pár jaziev.“

„"Kým nebudete môcť ignorovať svoje okolnosti a robiť to, čo sľubujete," hovorí, "budete vždy pod kontrolou sveta."“

„Pravda je, že kdekoľvek sa rozhodnete byť, je to zlé miesto.“

„Otcovia. Matky. So všetkou tou starostlivosťou a pozornosťou. Zakaždým vás zničia, vždy.“

„Je veľa vecí, ktoré o ľuďoch, ktorých milujeme, nechceme vedieť.“

„Títo ľudia sa tak boja ticha. To sú moji susedia. Títo zvukoholici. Títo tichofóbici.“

„Jediná vec, ktorá nás oddeľuje od zvierat je ... že my máme pornografiu.“

„Nič nie je statické. Všetko sa vyvíja. Všetko sa rozpadá.“

„Stalo sa večné šťastie v rajskej záhrade tak nudné, že zjesť jablko bolo opodstatnené?“

“It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.”

“If the living are haunted by the dead. Then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.”

“The photographer in my head says:
Give me peace.
Flash.
Give me release.
Flash.”

“Nothing was solved when the fight was over, but nothing mattered.”

“How can you possibly believe he really loves you?” Miss Sneezy looks from the Mother to the Saint to Mr. Whittier’s hand.“You have no choice,” Mr. Whittier tells her. “If you need to be loved.”

“Not everything is about money. You didn't even say, hello. You are not your sad little wallet.”

“The magic of sex is it's acquisition without the burden of possession. No matter how many women you take home, there's never a storage problem.”

“That's how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It recreates some forgotten terror. Something we'd like to think we're grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It's something you'd hoped was healed.”

“Yes, these are bruises from fighting and I'm okay with that.”

“History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.”

“This 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.”

“I see the strongest and the smartest men who have ever lived… and these men are pumping gas and waiting tables.”

“Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.”

“The only person we'll hate more than each other is ourselves.”

“Believe in me and die forever.”

“Love and life belongs to great risk.”

“This is how fast your life can turn around. How the future you have tomorrow won't be the same future you had yesterday.”

“It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power, the same way money is power, the same way a gun is power.”

“You'll need to suffer to make any real art.”

“I disconnect the telephone to keep the outside world in it's correct place.”

“There's no escaping fate, it just keeps going. Day and night, the future just keeps coming at you.”

“I would pay snakes to bite her.”

“Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?”

“Because tanning and steroids are only a problem if you plan to live a long time.”

“Where every day doesn't start with an alarm clock and end with the television.”

“Imagine how you’d feel if your whole life turned into a job you couldn’t stand.”

“I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to be with people than it ever was to be with a television.”

“After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy.”

“More than one side? You're Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Jackass!”