How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)
Quote #1
I know this because Tyler knows this. (1.8)
Right in the first chapter, we get a hint that our narrator and Tyler Durden are the same person. Did you pick up on any other hints?
Quote #2
Everything is so far away, a copy of a copy of a copy. (2.56)
You know how when you make a copy of a copy of a copy, it starts to get fainter and harder to read? Well, this is exactly what happens as our narrator starts distancing himself from the Tyler side of his personality. Tyler's motives get more and more difficult to figure out.
Quote #3
If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person? (3.94)
Our narrator fantasizes about living a different life. So it's not surprising that he crafts an alternate personality for himself.
Quote #4
Who guys are in fight club is not who they are in the real world. (6.16)
Fight club allows these men to wear a different hat (if hats were allowed in fight club, that is) than they do in real life. The guy who washes cars by day can be the king of the ring at night. Fight club: the great equalizer.
Quote #5
I am Jane's Uterus. I am Joe's Prostate. (7.19-7.20)
This recurring gag in the book also serves a pretty important thematic purpose. It shows our narrator identifying himself not as a human, but simply as an organ, a piece of a larger whole that isn't totally in control.
Quote #6
"Sticking feathers up your butt [...] does not make you a chicken." (8.71)
Good to know. There is a point here, though: you can't just talk the talk, you have to walk the walk. Or fight the fight, as the case may be.
Quote #7
Tyler [...] signed Marla's name to the telegram order, and yelled, yes, Marla can be a guy's name sometimes, and the clerk could just mind his own business. (11.27)
And here's another joke with a point. (Who knew?) If our narrator can pretend to be two people, why not be called Marla? Also, with Marla and Tyler never in the same room, how weird would it be if Marla and Tyler turned out to be the same person? After all, "Marla Singer" and "Tyler Durden" have the same number of letters. Consider the implications of that. Are we reading too much into this?
Quote #8
Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person. (12.44)
Yep, here's another clue that our narrator and Tyler are the same person. But it also shows us just how fractured our narrator's identity is. He distances himself from his own words, pretending that someone else is in control.
Quote #9
Marla hopped into the kitchen with both legs in one leg of her pantyhose and said, "Look, I'm a mermaid. [...] This isn't like when guys sit backward on the toilet and pretend it's a motorcycle. This is a genuine accident." (14.7-14.8)
So did our narrator accidentally become Tyler Durden, or is he actively doing it?
Quote #10
The monster hooks its bloody claw in the waistband of the manager's pants [...] and I wrap my bloody hands around the manager's smooth wrists. (15.70)
Yowza. Our narrator is talking about himself in the third person, using the word "monster." Whether or not he's in control of his actions at this point, he's starting to disapprove of what he's doing.