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Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk ( /ˈpɔːlənɪk/; born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist and freelance journalist, who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He is best known as the author of the award-winning novel Fight Club, which also was made into a feature film. He maintains homes in the states of Oregon and Washington.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. Diary: A Novel
Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known. Invisible Monsters
I don't want to die without any scars. Fight Club
You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past. Survivor
The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. Invisible Monsters
We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better. Choke
Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most. Invisible Monsters
You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world. Fight Club
When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. Invisible Monsters
You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world. Fight Club
Parents are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something. Invisible Monsters
Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly -- all these make for great stories.
Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong. Invisible Monsters
We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. Invisible Monsters
Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart. Fight Club
In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display. Rant
We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. Fight Club
Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish. Invisible Monsters
Just for the record, the weather today is partly suspicious with chances of betrayal. Diary: A Novel
All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired. Diary: A Novel
I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of his death from being a total surprise. Choke
The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. Survivor