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"Guts" Quotes

A man attending self-help groups for various addictions encounters a woman with a dark secret.

Quotes

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

Chuck Palahniuk

perspectiveforgetting

The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.

Chuck Palahniuk

escapefacing fears

You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice.

Chuck Palahniuk

lifechoices

What makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven.

Chuck Palahniuk

expectationsperspective

The only way to get to the other side is to go straight through the flames.

Chuck Palahniuk

perseveranceovercoming obstacles

The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it.

Chuck Palahniuk

imaginationreality

The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.

Chuck Palahniuk

suicidemartyrdom

Dying is the easy part. Living is the challenge.

Chuck Palahniuk

lifedeath

The most boring, useless, and unproductive question one can ask is why.

Chuck Palahniuk

questioningcuriosity

The truth is you can be orphaned again and again and again. The truth is, you will be. And the truth is, you will survive.

Chuck Palahniuk

resiliencesurvival