Chuck Palahniuk

One day you're thinking and hauling yourself around, and the next, you're cold fertilizer, worm buffet.

"At the store, they have 100% recycled toilet paper," Marla says. "The worst job in the world must be recycling toilet paper."

The First Rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions...The Second Rule of Project Mayhem is you do not ask questions....The Third Rule of Project Mayhem is that in Project Mayhem there are no excuses....The Fourth Rule of Project Mayhem is that you cannot lie....The Fifth Rule of Project Mayhem is you have to trust Tyler.

Marla shouts to the police that the girl who lives in 8G used to be a lovely charming girl, but the girl is a monster bitch monster. The girl is infectious human waste, and she's confused and afraid to commit to the wrong things so she won't commit to anything.

"The girl in 8G has no faith in herself," Marla shouts, "and she's worried that as she grows older, she'll have fewer and fewer options." Marla shouts, "Good luck."

The girl is infectious human waste, and she's confused and afraid to commit to the wrong thing so she won't commit to anything.

"This..is a chemical burn," Tyler says, "and it will hurt worse than you've ever been burned. Worse than a hundred cigarettes...You'll have a scar."

Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.

Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels

We have a sort of triangle thing going on here. I want Tyler. Tyler wants Marla. Marla wants me.

This was therapeutic physical contact, Chloe said. we should all choose a partner. Chloe threw herself around my head and cried. She had strapless underwear at home, and cried. Chloe had oils and handcuffs, and cried as I watched the second hand on my watch go around eleven times.

The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club.

Nothing is static.

Everything is falling apart.

I know this because Tyler knows this.