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title: "26 Choke Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk"
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> [“You could choke on the silence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-could-choke-on-the-silence/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I feel my heart ache, but I've forgotten what that feeling means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-feel-my-heart-ache-but-i-ve-forgotten-what-that-feeling-means/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I've been choking to death for years. By now this should be easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-ve-been-choking-to-death-for-years-by-now-this-should-be-easy/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [By the time you're thirty, your worst enemy is yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/by-the-time-you-re-thirty-your-worst-enemy-is-yourself/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“Humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/humiliation-is-humiliation-only-when-you-choose-to-suffer/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/people-had-been-working-for-so-many-years-to-make-the-world-a-safe-3/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“We’ve spent so much time judging what other people created that we’ve created very, very little of our own.” Out”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ve-spent-so-much-time-judging-what-other-people-created-that-we-ve/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-used-rebellion-as-a-way-to-hide-out-we-use-criticism-as-a-fake/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ve-taken-the-world-apart-but-we-have-no-idea-what-to-do-with-the/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are…Or we can decide for ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-can-spend-our-lives-letting-the-world-tell-us-who-we-are-or-we-can/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/after-you-find-out-all-the-things-that-can-go-wrong-your-life-becomes/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [When you're thinking about the rest of your life, you're never really thinking more than a couple years down the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/when-you-re-thinking-about-the-rest-of-your-life-you-re-never-really/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [The only thing that separates us from the animals...is we have pornography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-only-thing-that-separates-us-from-the-animals-is-we-have/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangibles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-unreal-is-more-powerful-than-the-real-because-nothing-is-as-2/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Drugs or overeating or alcohol or sex, it was all just another way to find peace. To escape what we know. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/drugs-or-overeating-or-alcohol-or-sex-it-was-all-just-another-way-to/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/my-first-four-books-from-fight-club-to-choke-dealt-with-personal/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/why-do-i-do-anything-she-says-i-m-educated-enough-to-talk-myself-out/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“It's pathetic how we can't live with the things we don't understand. How we need everything labeled and explained and deconstructed. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/it-s-pathetic-how-we-can-t-live-with-the-things-we-don-t-understand/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“The magic of sex is it's acquisition without the burden of possession. No matter how many women you take home, there's never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-magic-of-sex-is-it-s-acquisition-without-the-burden-of-possession/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [There is a social contract in "Fight Club" and in "Choke" where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/there-is-a-social-contract-in-fight-club-and-in-choke-where-the/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/and-it-s-funny-how-when-somebody-saves-you-the-first-thing-you-want/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/in-2008-while-the-film-version-of-my-book-choke-was-coming-to-market/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [When I first started writing, there was no way I'd write a sex scene. That just seemed impossible. That's why in "Fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/when-i-first-started-writing-there-was-no-way-i-d-write-a-sex-scene/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“To Mr. Jones, she said, imagine you're looking up at a blue sky, and imagine a tiny airplane skywriting the letter Z.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/to-mr-jones-she-said-imagine-you-re-looking-up-at-a-blue-sky-and/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [I'm always looking for context in which people tell stories. In "Fight Club" it's these support groups for dying people, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-m-always-looking-for-context-in-which-people-tell-stories-in-fight/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“The point was, there'd be nothing to this if you were beautiful and sexy. The point was, in a world where everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-point-was-there-d-be-nothing-to-this-if-you-were-beautiful-and/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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## Other authors on Choke

## More by Chuck Palahniuk

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-after-you-ve-crossed-some-lines-you-just-keep-crossing-them/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/according-to-plato-we-don-t-learn-anything-our-soul-has-lived-so-many/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [His saliva tasted like the wet dicks of ten thousand lonely truck drivers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/his-saliva-tasted-like-the-wet-dicks-of-ten-thousand-lonely-truck/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“shoulder. They weigh that much. Tyler’s a banquet waiter,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/shoulder-they-weigh-that-much-tyler-s-a-banquet-waiter/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [We'll never be as young as we are tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ll-never-be-as-young-as-we-are-tonight/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“We drive west the rest of the night, away from where the sun will come up, trying to outrace it, trying not to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-drive-west-the-rest-of-the-night-away-from-where-the-sun-will-come/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Just for the record, how I feel right now is very terrific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/just-for-the-record-how-i-feel-right-now-is-very-terrific/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Nobody's told me anything to date that I've been completely reviled by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/nobody-s-told-me-anything-to-date-that-i-ve-been-completely-reviled-by/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/then-you-re-trapped-in-your-lovely-nest-and-the-things-you-used-to/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/some-stories-you-use-up-others-use-you-up/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Verbs allow you to communicate a story in a much more converged or involuntary way for a reader. The verbs allow you to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/verbs-allow-you-to-communicate-a-story-in-a-much-more-converged-or/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [Waiters will always pee in soup, people will always fall in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/waiters-will-always-pee-in-soup-people-will-always-fall-in-love/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Branch Bacardi, star of The Da Vinci Load, To Drill a Mockingbird, The Postman Always Cums Twice, Chitty Chitty Gang Bang, The Twilight Bone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/branch-bacardi-star-of-the-da-vinci-load-to-drill-a-mockingbird-the/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Every unkind remark or crude gesture by others is a blessing, an opportunity to exercise our own capacity to forgive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/every-unkind-remark-or-crude-gesture-by-others-is-a-blessing-an/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

> [“Nuestro deber es enseñar a esos hombres y mujeres la libertad a través de la esclavitud; y el coraje a través del miedo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/nuestro-deber-es-ense-ar-a-esos-hombres-y-mujeres-la-libertad-a-trav/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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