# Quote — Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

> According to Mona, you shouldn't kill people, because that drives you away from humanity. In order to justify killing, you have to make the victim your enemy. To justify any crime, you have to make the victim your enemy.

- Author: [Chuck Palahniuk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk.md)
- Book: [Lullaby](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/lullaby.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk#Lullaby_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/lullaby/according-to-mona

## More from this book

> The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/lullaby/the-trick-to-forgetting.md)

> I need to rebel against myself. It's the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/lullaby/i-need-to-rebel.md)

> Sticks and stones will break your bones, but now words can kill, too.This is how we must look to God. As if everything's just fine.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/lullaby/sticks-and-stones-will.md)