The Snowflake Complex I
We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives.
Tyler Durden - Fight Club (movie)
We don’t have a great war in our generation, or a great depression, but we do, we have a great war of the spirit. We have a great revolution against the culture. The great depression is our lives. We have a spiritual depression.
Tyler Durden - Fight Club (book)
I’ve met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, “Why?” Why did I cause so much pain? Didn’t I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness? Can’t I see how we’re all manifestations of love? I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God’s got this all wrong. We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens. And God says, “No, that’s not right.” Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can’t teach God anything.
Narrator - Fight Club (book)
There are so many great lines I wanted to post from that movie/book, but these in particular just really stuck out. If you haven’t read the book and liked the movie (or didn’t like the movie for that matter, the book is more fun) check it out. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, watch it soon. You won’t think of the world in the same way again.
August 18th, 2006 at 22:07
Okay, okay, looks like I’ll have to read the bloody book now, too!
Meanwhile, allow me to post a shameless link to my own detailed review of the movie!
August 21st, 2006 at 11:01
Great- another book to read! Thanks a lot! If I can get through the four I’m reading now, it wil be added to the list.
August 21st, 2006 at 14:54
I agree, the book is more fun than the movie, with a much more chilling (and believable) ending than the movie had. I read the book in one sitting without meaning to do so. I sat down in one of those comfy chairs at a Borders bookstore and before I knew it, two hours had passed and I had read the whole book.
August 21st, 2006 at 23:22
Erm… wow. I watched it a couple of weeks ago and am still working on a blog entry. Rife with quotes, of course! I like your third quote very much.