“We love drama. We love conflict. We need a devil or we'll create one.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 20, Cassandra, Another story by Mrs. Clarke
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Invisible Monsters is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, published in 1999. It is his third novel to be published, though it was his second written novel . The novel was originally supposed to be Palahniuk's first novel to be published, but it was rejected by the publisher for being too disturbing. After the success of his novel Fight Club, Invisible Monsters was given a second chance, and a revised version of it was published. The first edition was released in paperback in 1999, and on June 11, 2012, it was published in hardcover, in a revised edition titled Invisible Monsters Remix . The novel has been adapted into a graphic novel by comic artist KGZ, a.k.a. Gabor Kiss.
“We love drama. We love conflict. We need a devil or we'll create one.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Haunted (2005), Chapter 20, Cassandra, Another story by Mrs. Clarke
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“When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.”
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“When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?”
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“You can say anything if enough people will listen.”
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Variant: I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word. A story. I want to find something else, unknowable, some place to be that's not on the map. A real adventure.'
A spinx. A mystery. A blank. Unknown. Undefined.
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“The photographer in my head says:
Give me peace.
Flash.
Give me release.
Flash.”
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“Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong.”
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“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.”
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“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
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“Rip yourself open. Sew yourself shut.”
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“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”
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“I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Variant: I'm an invisible monster. I'm incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.
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“Could you hold the chainsaw a bit closer to your mouth, please?”
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Variant: No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.
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“The future is just wasted on some people.”
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