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Invisible Monsters: A Novel

Love, betrayal, petty larceny, and high fashion fuel this deliciously comic novel from the author of Fight Club. She's a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freew

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“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, affection, admiration, Choice, Person

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Smile, Genuine

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: fake smile, teeth

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I’ve ever known.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Originality, product of society, environmental outcome, Self & Identity, self awareness

“Most times, it’s just a lot easier not to let the world know what’s wrong.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Human Nature, Silence

“People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Past, Telling Stories, Sharing stories, Inspiring, Looking Back

“Find what you’re afraid of most and go live there.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, Overcoming Fear, Challenging Yourself, Life

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Originality, influence, inspiration

“When you don’t share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Suffering, Approaching Problems, Empathy

“I wanted to give up the idea I had any control. Shake things up. To be saved by chaos. To see if I could cope, I wanted to force myself to grow again. To explode my comfort zone.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Control, Chaos

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it’s just teeth.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Impression, Smile Quotes

“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Story, Regret, Mistakes

“Oh love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I'll be anybody you want me to be.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships

“When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Future, dread, worry, Stress

“No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Death, Love, Blood, creepy

“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: God, Boring, Death

“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Unrequited Love, Lust, Desire, Wanting Someone You Can't Have

“You have to keep recycling yourself.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Change, Self-Concept

“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Future, Past, Narrative, Self-Concept, Autonomy

“I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.”

— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Being noticed