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title: "18 Dying Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk"
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> [If people thought you were dying, they'd give you their full attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/if-people-thought-you-were-dying-they-d-give-you-their-full-attention/)

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

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> [She's so thin she's either dying or rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/she-s-so-thin-she-s-either-dying-or-rich/)

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

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> [If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/if-people-thought-you-were-dying-they-gave-you-their-full-attention/)

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

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> [You have endless ways you can commit suicide without dying dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-have-endless-ways-you-can-commit-suicide-without-dying-dying/)

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

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> [“No shit, there's worse ways to be dead than dying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/no-shit-there-s-worse-ways-to-be-dead-than-dying/)

[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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> [You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-couldn-t-have-small-dying-children-in-a-movie-without-really/)

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

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> [Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler's pushing a gun in my mouth and saying, the first step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/tyler-gets-me-a-job-as-a-waiter-after-that-tyler-s-pushing-a-gun-in/)

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

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> [People will listen to you only when they know you're dying, otherwise they're just waiting for their turn to talk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/people-will-listen-to-you-only-when-they-know-you-re-dying-otherwise/)

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

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> [“When people think you're dying, they really, really listen to you, instead of just waiting for their turn to speak”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/when-people-think-you-re-dying-they-really-really-listen-to-you/)

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

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> [I was tired and crazy and rushed, and every time I boarded a plane, I wanted the plane to crash. I envied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-was-tired-and-crazy-and-rushed-and-every-time-i-boarded-a-plane-i/)

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

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> [The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-worst-part-of-writing-fiction-is-the-fear-of-wasting-your-life/)

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

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> [Trust me, the being-dead part is much easier than the dying part. If you can watch much television, then being dead will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/trust-me-the-being-dead-part-is-much-easier-than-the-dying-part-if/)

[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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> [This is why I loved the support groups so much, if people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/this-is-why-i-loved-the-support-groups-so-much-if-people-thought-you/)

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

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> [“Death is a long process," Archer says. "Your body is just the first part of you that croaks." Meaning: Beyond that, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/death-is-a-long-process-archer-says-your-body-is-just-the-first-part/)

[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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> [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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## Other authors on Dying

## 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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