Man and the Natural World Quotes in Fight Club Page 1
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| Quote #1 For this moment, nothing matters. Look up into the stars and you're gone. Not your luggage. Nothing matters. Not your bad breath. (3.70) |
Even early on in the novel, our narrator looks to the sky and yearns for a spiritual connection with the galaxy. He thinks that things people worry about a lot—like lost luggage and bad breath—are mundane worries that aren't worth our precious time.
| Quote #2 You aren't alive anywhere like you're alive at fight club. (6.45) |
Fight club allows a man to connect with his most primal emotions, like a primitive hunter stalking prey across uncivilized plains.
| Quote #3 I was in the mood to destroy something beautiful. (16.50) |
Our narrator wants to destroy things that society has deemed beautiful or precious, but don't necessarily have inherent value—like a man's handsome face or pandas. Why has society placed value in these things?
