“Its only after you've lost everything," Tyler says, "that you're free to do anything.”

“The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.”

“It's hard to say no when you're not aware of everything you've said yes to.”

“I love everything about Tyler Durden, his courage and his smarts. His nerve. Tyler is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and men look up to him and expect him to change their world. Tyler is capable and free, and I am not.”

“By 78 you've done everything you're going to do. If you haven't bungee-jumped by the time you're 78 you're not going to do it.”

“The point is […] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.”

“When you're walking through the darkness, you can't depend on anything or anyone else to light your way. You have to rely on whatever sparks you've got inside you. Or you're going to get lost.”

“Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you've lost that, you've lost everything.”

“Tyler lies back and asks, "If Marilyn Monroe were alive right now, what would she be doing?"

I say, goodnight.

The headliner hangs down in shreds from the ceiling and Tyler says, "Clawing at the lid of her coffin.”

“Why not? Everything you've got to own costs money. Everything you do costs money. You can't take your wife on a date for free.”