"Everything is a single-serving culture."
"The things you bought define you now, not you."
"If you're not on the list, you don't get in. If you're not on the list, you don't exist."
Power
"You're not special. You're not a beautiful unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."
"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis."
"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."
Freedom
"The things you own end up owning you."
"You're waiting for a second chance. A do-over. Some miracle that will rescue you."
Hope
"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."
Time
"You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you."
Faith
"When you realize you are nothing, you realize you can be anything."
Wisdom
"It's strange to describe reading a book as a quite peaceful thing when the book's content is so violent."
"You're not special. You're not a beautiful or unique snowflake."
Life
"Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy."
"The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be."
Truth
"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."
"Self-improvement isn't the answer. Self-destruction is the answer."
Change
"Paper money is going to be useless. But weapons like guns will always have value."
Power
"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate."
Work
"We buy things we don't need, with money we don't have, to impress people we don't like."
"You wake up at Sea-Tac. SFO. LAX. You wake up at the Minneapolis St. Paul long enough to notice they've changed the cup holders."
"A single-serving friend."
Relationships
"I felt trapped and obscene."
"The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club."
"You're not your job. You're not your khakis."
"Who are you really? What do you want?"
Philosophy
"Your job is not who you are."
Wisdom
"We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer."
Relationships
"Nothing is static. Everything is evolving. Everything is in transition."
Change
"You have to give up. You have to realize that someday you will die, until you know that, you are useless."