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title: "31 Real Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk"
description: "31 Real quotes by Chuck Palahniuk. Plus more from Chuck Palahniuk and more Real sayings from other authors."
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> [“This is better than real life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/this-is-better-than-real-life/)

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

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> [Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people……..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/real-smarts-begin-when-you-quit-quoting-other-people/)

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

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> [Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/any-real-belief-in-death-is-just-wishful-thinking/)

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

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> [You'll need to suffer to make any real art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-ll-need-to-suffer-to-make-any-real-art/)

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

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> [I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-hate-how-i-don-t-feel-real-enough-unless-people-are-watching/)

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

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> [Our real discoveries come from chaos,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/our-real-discoveries-come-from-chaos/)

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

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> [The same as real life, there is no happily ever after.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-same-as-real-life-there-is-no-happily-ever-after/)

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

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> [If your body is a temple, you can pile up too much deferred maintenance. If your body is a temple, mine was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/if-your-body-is-a-temple-you-can-pile-up-too-much-deferred/)

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

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> [Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/reality-means-you-live-until-you-die-the-real-truth-is-nobody-wants/)

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

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> [You can spend your whole life building a wall of facts between you and anything real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-can-spend-your-whole-life-building-a-wall-of-facts-between-you/)

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

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> [The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us don’t recognize as real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-world-will-always-punish-the-few-people-with-special-talents-the/)

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

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> [There was no real sense of life because she had nothing to contrast it with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/there-was-no-real-sense-of-life-because-she-had-nothing-to-contrast/)

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

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> [I want to find something else, unknowable, some place that's not on the map. A real adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-want-to-find-something-else-unknowable-some-place-that-s-not-on-the/)

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

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> [Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/real-writers-write-because-they-love-to-write-they-don-t-write-for/)

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

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> [Since September 11, 2001, the real world has become too scary for a lot of people to be with - all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/since-september-11-2001-the-real-world-has-become-too-scary-for-a-lot/)

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

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> [some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/some-soap-opera-you-know-real-people-pretending-to-be-fake-people/)

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

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> [As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found inside:Real intestines, real lungs, a beating heart and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/as-if-you-cut-open-a-rag-doll-with-a-sill-name-and-found-inside-real/)

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

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> [The bigger the mistake looks, the better chance I'll have to break out and live a real life. Our real discoveries come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-bigger-the-mistake-looks-the-better-chance-i-ll-have-to-break-out/)

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

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> [No, none of us seem so very real. We're only supporting characters in the lives of each other. Any real truth, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/no-none-of-us-seem-so-very-real-we-re-only-supporting-characters-in/)

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

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> [For six months I couldn't sleep. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/for-six-months-i-couldn-t-sleep-with-insomnia-nothing-s-real/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Most guys will fight to know you. Some guys will deny you're a real person, and some will just ignore you." The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/most-guys-will-fight-to-know-you-some-guys-will-deny-you-re-a-real/)

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

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> [What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like greater steps toward faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/what-is-the-real-purpose-behind-the-tooth-fairy-the-easter-bunny-and/)

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

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> [If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/if-you-knew-that-your-life-was-merely-a-phase-or-short-short-segment/)

[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 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/)

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> [For sure, they don't teach you this in history class, but in colonial times, the person who got left in the stocks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/for-sure-they-don-t-teach-you-this-in-history-class-but-in-colonial/)

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

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> [The only funny part about Colonial Dunsboro is maybe it's too authentic, but for all the wrong reasons. This whole crowd of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-only-funny-part-about-colonial-dunsboro-is-maybe-it-s-too/)

[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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> [You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-hear-the-best-stories-from-ordinary-people-that-sense-of/)

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

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> [I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word. A story. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/i-want-out-of-the-labels-i-don-t-want-my-whole-life-crammed-into-a-2/)

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

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> [You realize that people take drugs because it's the only real personal adventure left to them in their time-constrained, law-and-order, property-lined world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/you-realize-that-people-take-drugs-because-it-s-the-only-real/)

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

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## Other authors on Real

## 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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