Death Quote by Chuck Palahniuk — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”

“If Marilyn Monroe was alive right now, what would she be doing?'”

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”

“Because supposedly those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.”

“Someday you will die, and until you know that, you're useless to me.”

“Nobody wants to worship you if you have the same problems, the same bad breath and messy hair and hangnails, as a regular person. You have to be everything regular people aren’t. Where they fail, you have to go all the way. Be what people are too afraid to be. Become whom they admire. People shopping for a messiah want quality. Nobody is going to follow a loser. When it comes to choosing a savior, they won't settle for just a human being.”

“Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever.”

“Father Jakob mentioned to her that military men took it personally when women at home were assaulted. They were away fighting for their country and they believed the men left behind had an obligation to take care of and protect the women on the homefront. Maeve knew from experience women mostly had to take care of themselves.”

“I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come." Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out.”

“But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?”

“She's realized the real problem with stories -- if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.”