“Which is worse, Hell or nothing? Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.”
Source: Fight Club
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Chuck Palahniuk555
American novelist, essayist 1962Related quotes
Marion Barry (1936–2014) American politician and former mayor of Washington, D.C.
May 24, 2012 http://archive.is/R6lWp <br class="br">2010s
“We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved.”
Rich Mullins (1955–1997) American christian musician
Lufkin, Texas http://www.kidbrothers.net/words/concert-transcripts/lufkin-texas-jul1997-full.html (July 19, 1997) <br class="br">In Concert
from the play "God".
Without Feathers (1975)
“Just because we're adults doesn't automatically mean we can save you…”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988)
“We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.”
Jennifer Donnelly book The Tea Rose
Source: The Tea Rose
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
Source: 1890s, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 4
“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
V.S. Naipaul book In a Free State
Source: In a Free State (1971)
“Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.”
William Frederick Halsey, Jr. (1882–1959) United States admiral
Remark in December 1941, after the attack of Pearl Harbor, as quoted in Roger Parkinson, Attack on Pearl Harbour (1973), p. 117; James Bradley, Flyboys (2004), p. 138.