The Narrator

"You have to give up the life you planned to have the life that is waiting for you."

"Sooner or later we're all just looking for reasons to hate."

"You're a statistic. You have a name and a social security number."

"The things I own, own me now."

"You needed to lose your virginity to become a man."

"Disaster's only a word when it lands on you."

"The only real reason we're here is to procreate and pass on our genetic code."

"You're looking for something that doesn't exist in this world."

"Maybe I'm the worst thing that ever happened to you."

"A suppressed thought can only be dangerous if you're afraid of it."

"The human race had a chance to start over. A blank slate."

"You could read a book and know the ending. You could feel relieved."

"Permission is all you need."

"You needed to be told that your life was meaningless."

"Hitting bottom isn't a weekend side project."

"We accept the reality that is presented to us."

"You always want to have new socks."

"Sometimes you can't let go. Sometimes you have to hold on even if it hurts."

"The paradox is the only truth."

"You have to consider that maybe you're not going to die."

"The things you possess will eventually come to possess you."

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable."

"You're looking for the Great Awakening, but you're just looking in the wrong place."

"The most destructive force in the world is an idea whose time has come."

"You wanted to create a primal utopia where men could actually be themselves."

"Guys, what would you wish you'd done before you died?"

"The things we possess possess us."

"You are not as unique as you think you are."

"Every generation thinks they're the last generation on Earth."

"You have to believe me. I know what I'm talking about."