Punane Pliiats

"For instance, if Jesus Christ had died in prison, with no one watching and with no one there to mourn or tourture him, would we be saved? With all due respect."

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"Around the one hundred and fifth floor, you can't belive you're the slave to this body, this big body. You have to keep it fed and put it to bed and take it to the bathroom. You can't belive we haven't invented something better. Something not so needy. Not so time-consuming.
You realize that people take drugs because it's the only real personal adventure left to them in their time-constrained, law-and-order, property-lined world.
It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.
You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching.
You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?"

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"You've never seen a crucifix with a Jesus who wasn't almost naked. You've never seen a fat Jesus."

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Chuck Palahniuk "Survivor" ("Ellujääja" ; Palahniuki raamtuid ei ole üldse/väga vähe eesti keelde tõlgitud, ja nii vist ongi parem..)