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Lullaby Quotes
Some people still think knowledge is power.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
No one wants to admit we’re addicted to music. That’s just not possible. No one’s addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can’t bear to be without it, but no, nobody’s addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It’s because they know what it’s like to be treated like an animal.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
What about an amnesiac, who awakes having lost his memories and must learn of his past from scratch? Has he died? How can we be just memories? How does that leave us with enough?
— Bernard Beckett, Lullaby
Either a species learns to control its own population, or something like disease, famine, war, will take care of the issue.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
The voice says, maybe you don’t go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don’t do. The things you don’t finish.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
You’d be surprised just how fast you can close the door on your past. Learn needlepoint. Make a stained-glass lamp.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
History is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they’d leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. These were home to breeds of birds with no natural predators. Breeds of birds that lived nowhere else on earth. The plants there, without enemies they evolved without thorns or poisons. Without predators and enemies, these islands, they were paradise. The sailors, the next time they visited these islands, the only things still there would be herds of goats or pigs. Oyster is telling this story. The sailors called this “seeding meat.” Oyster says, “Does this remind you of anything? Maybe the ol’ Adam and Eve story?” Looking out the car window, he says, “You ever wonder when God’s coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don’t participate. Let Big Brother do the singing and dancing for you. Be a reporter. Be a good witness. A grateful member of theaudience.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
Anymore, no one’s mind is their own.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn’t see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will.At least the ancient Greeks were being honest.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
Why are you singing?” Daniel asked. “You’re just lying in the dirt and singing. That’s weird. I thought you were supposed to be some kind of scary monster.
— Amanda Hocking, Lullaby
There are worse things you can do to people you love than kill them.
— Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
True pain teaches us to grow. You aren’t finished yet. Dylan needs you.
— Rebecca Salas, Lullaby
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