--- title: "6 Forgotten Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk" description: "6 Forgotten quotes by Chuck Palahniuk. Plus more from Chuck Palahniuk and more Forgotten sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/chuck-palahniuk-37_firsts_we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second_55961.jpg" --- > [We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second-language-so-long-that-we-ve/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/chuck-palahniuk-37_firsts_we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second_55961.jpg) > [We all want to explain ourselves. Nobody wants to be forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-all-want-to-explain-ourselves-nobody-wants-to-be-forgotten/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/chuck-palahniuk-37_explain_we-all-want-to-explain-ourselves-nobody_782801.jpg) > [We are a nation of physical animals who have forgotten how much we enjoy being that. We are cushioned by this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-are-a-nation-of-physical-animals-who-have-forgotten-how-much-we/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/chuck-palahniuk-37_animal_we-are-a-nation-of-physical-animals-who_1014315.jpg) > [From famous artists to building contractors, we all want to leave our signature. Our lasting effect. Your life after death. We all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/from-famous-artists-to-building-contractors-we-all-want-to-leave-our/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/chuck-palahniuk-37_after-death_from-famous-artists-to-building-contract_1126592.jpg) > [That’s how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It re-creates some forgotten terror. Something we’d like to think we’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/that-s-how-a-scary-story-works-it-echoes-some-ancient-fear-it-re/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/chuck-palahniuk-37_ancient_that-s-how-a-scary-story-works-it-echoes_1927464.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/chuck-palahniuk-37_ache_i-feel-my-heart-ache-but-i-ve-forgotten_3171886.jpg) ## Other authors on Forgotten ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgotten/chuck-palahniuk/#itemlist", "name": "6 Forgotten Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second-language-so-long-that-we-ve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/chuck-palahniuk-37_firsts_we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second_55961.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/chuck-palahniuk-37_firsts_we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second_55961.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/chuck-palahniuk-37_firsts_we-ve-been-speaking-english-as-a-second_55961.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.” — Chuck Palahniuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all want to explain ourselves. 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