# Quote — Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

> The muffled thunder of dialogue comes through the walls, then a chorus of laughter. Then more thunder. Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.

- 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/the-muffled-thunder

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> 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.

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

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

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