Fight Club Quotes.

On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone will drop to zero. (17)

This quote is significant because death is inevitable. Everyone you know and love and care for are going to die in the end and so are you. I think the author is trying to make the point that there's no reason to love or fight for someone because they're going to die anyway; you're going to die. There's no point in wasting all the effort when no one is going to remember it. Give it some time and YOU won't even be remembered. One day, the world is going to end. Humans will drop down to zero, and life as we know it will be over. I think this quote represents the main theme of the book because throughout the whole thing, Tyler is always saying you have to hit rock bottom. You have to realize you and all those billions of other people, are going to die. It sucks thinking about it, but it's true.

"Recycling and speed limits are bullshit," Tyler said. "They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed." (125)

I have to admit, the reason why I like this quote so much is that it reminds me of Telluride. Where everything is about recycling and "going green." Not that there's anything wrong with that, I think it's awesome, but this quote has some truth to it. The world is finally realizing that we have some major cleaning up to do, but if you look at the broad picture, it's really too late. We've dug ourselves a HUGE whole and trying to fix everything at the last second just isn't going to cut it. I think that's what this quote is saying. Sure, if you stop smoking because you're on you're dying is great- it makes you feel better about yourself- but in all reality, it's not going to help you, it can't save your life, you're on your death bed. I think this explains why Project Mayhem came into work; the world is ending and there's nothing you can do about it; recycling and speed limits really don't matter in the long run; so why not destroy the world and become famous for it? At least for a little while. I'm not sure if I agree with this quote or not, but it does make an interesting point which is why I underlined it.