--- title: "18 Imagine Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk" description: "18 Imagine quotes by Chuck Palahniuk. Plus more from Chuck Palahniuk and more Imagine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/chuck-palahniuk-37_becoming_i-could-imagine-myself-becoming-one-of-m_1776297.jpg" --- > [I could imagine myself becoming one of Marla's stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-could-imagine-myself-becoming-one-of-marla-s-stories/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/chuck-palahniuk-37_becoming_i-could-imagine-myself-becoming-one-of-m_1776297.jpg) > [On a night without moon or stars you can't see a thing, but you can imagine anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/on-a-night-without-moon-or-stars-you-can-t-see-a-thing-but-you-can/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/chuck-palahniuk-37_astronomy_on-a-night-without-moon-or-stars-you-can_1245483.jpg) > [Imagine how you’d feel if your whole life turned into a job you couldn’t stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/imagine-how-you-d-feel-if-your-whole-life-turned-into-a-job-you/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/chuck-palahniuk-37_feels_imagine-how-you-d-feel-if-your-whole-lif_757668.jpg) > [Imagine a plague you catch through your ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/imagine-a-plague-you-catch-through-your-ears/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/chuck-palahniuk-37_ears_imagine-a-plague-you-catch-through-your_110644.jpg) > [Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-nothing-is-as-perfect-as-you-can-imagine-it/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/chuck-palahniuk-37_imagine_because-nothing-is-as-perfect-as-you-can_1078577.jpg) > [Because nothing is as good as you can imagine it. No one is as beautiful as she is in your head. Nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/because-nothing-is-as-good-as-you-can-imagine-it-no-one-is-as/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/chuck-palahniuk-37_beautiful_because-nothing-is-as-good-as-you-can-im_19671.jpg) > [And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/and-the-more-she-could-imagine-this-island-the-less-she-liked-the/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/chuck-palahniuk-37_imagine_and-the-more-she-could-imagine-this-isla_2132714.jpg) > [“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-unreal-is-more-powerful-than-the-real-because-nothing-is-as-3/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/chuck-palahniuk-37_imagine_the-unreal-is-more-powerful-than-the-rea_462690.jpg) > [Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/imagine-books-and-music-and-movies-being-filtered-and-homogenized/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68f/chuck-palahniuk-37_assurance_imagine-books-and-music-and-movies-being_3147148.jpg) > [The problem in this case was you can't be a middle-aged virgin in America without something being wrong with you. People can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-problem-in-this-case-was-you-can-t-be-a-middle-aged-virgin-in/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/chuck-palahniuk-37_america_the-problem-in-this-case-was-you-can-t-b_159016.jpg) > [Now this is the first rule of fight club: There is nothing a blue collar Nobody in Oregon with a public school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/now-this-is-the-first-rule-of-fight-club-there-is-nothing-a-blue/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/chuck-palahniuk-37_billions_now-this-is-the-first-rule-of-fight-club_2969692.jpg) > [All you can do is hope for a pattern to emerge, and sometimes it never does. Still, with a plan, you only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/all-you-can-do-is-hope-for-a-pattern-to-emerge-and-sometimes-it-never/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/chuck-palahniuk-37_doe_all-you-can-do-is-hope-for-a-pattern-to_234238.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/chuck-palahniuk-37_belief_the-unreal-is-more-powerful-than-the-rea_221364.jpg) > [I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about that. But I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-know-that-i-m-going-to-die-and-that-you-re-going-to-die-i-can-t-do/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/chuck-palahniuk-37_about_i-know-that-i-m-going-to-die-and-that-yo_1330180.jpg) > [It's because we're so trapped in our culture, in the being of being human on this planet with the brains we have,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/it-s-because-we-re-so-trapped-in-our-culture-in-the-being-of-being/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/chuck-palahniuk-37_arms_it-s-because-we-re-so-trapped-in-our-cul_1431584.jpg) > [You're a product of our language, and how our laws are and how we believe our God wants us. Every bitty molecule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-re-a-product-of-our-language-and-how-our-laws-are-and-how-we/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/chuck-palahniuk-37_believe_you-re-a-product-of-our-language-and-how_1210995.jpg) > [The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-unreal-is-more-powerful-than-the-real-because-nothing-is-as-4/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/chuck-palahniuk-37_belief_the-unreal-is-more-powerful-than-the-rea_1943042.jpg) > [“Imagine immortality, where even a marriage of fifty years would feel like a one-night stand. Imagine seeing trends and fashions blur past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/imagine-immortality-where-even-a-marriage-of-fifty-years-would-feel/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/chuck-palahniuk-37_birth-and-death_imagine-immortality-where-even-a-marriag_2993467.jpg) ## Other authors on Imagine ## 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/imagine/chuck-palahniuk/#itemlist", "name": "18 Imagine Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I could imagine myself becoming one of Marla's stories.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": 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