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Stranger than Fiction
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"Stranger than Fiction" Quotes

"Stranger than Fiction" is a collection of essays and short stories by Chuck Palahniuk that explores the dark, absurd, and often humorous aspects of contemporary life and human nature.

Quotes

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

Chuck Palahniuk

lifefate

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness.

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painhappiness

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

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individualityidentity

You can't have a life without suffering, but you can't have a life without miracles either.

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lifesufferingmiracles

You have infinite power over only one thing: your mind. Not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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mindstrengthempowerment

Sometimes your fate is bound up with someone else's. Sometimes the weight of their decisions can crush you.

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faterelationships

You can only fight fate for so long. Eventually, it catches up with you.

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fateresistance

We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.

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existenceacceptance

The truth is, nothing ever truly disappears. It just changes into something else.

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truthchange

When you create, you become the god of your own world.

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creationimagination