# Quote — Chuck Palahniuk, Rant

> The big reason why folks leave a small town," Rant use to say, "is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And the reason they stay put is so they can moon about getting out.

- Author: [Chuck Palahniuk](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk.md)
- Book: [Rant](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/rant.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rant_(novel)#Quotes) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/rant/the-big-reason

## More from this book

> The future you have tomorrow won't be the same future you had yesterday."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/rant/the-future-you.md)

> Andy Warhol was wrong. In the future people won't be famous for fifteen minutes. No, in the future, everyone will sit next to someone famous for at least fifteen minutes.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/rant/andy-warhol-was.md)

> Most of Party Crashing was just us driving in cars, talking.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chuck-palahniuk/rant/most-of-party.md)