It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share
It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
With every lecture, you’re forced to look again at every choice you’ve made over the lesson-by-lesson chain of your entire life. And… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
How can you possibly believe he really loves you?” Miss Sneezy looks from the Mother to the Saint to Mr. Whittier’s hand.“You… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. Every time you don't throw… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they're all trying to improve the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
If it comes down to a choice between being unloved and being vulnerable and sensitive and emotional, then you can just keep… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“We drive west the rest of the night, away from where the sun will come up, trying to outrace it, trying not to see… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
