...and I thought the last line of the Afterword applied to runners more than fighters:
"Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough."
...and I thought the last line of the Afterword applied to runners more than fighters:
"Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough."
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i don't think it's about fighters
fight club is a book on modern life, not fighting
i think that what he meant was that when you're tired you don't have the excitement to do anything, nor motivated, same thing with being rich
You obviously didn't read the afterword. I don't think you read the book either.
Regardless, I was just sharing a good quote taken from a story about Bolivian villagers. You are way off topic.
another d bag wrote:
i think that what he meant was that when you're tired you don't have the excitement to do anything, nor motivated, same thing with being rich
No, no, no. He means that being tired is close to ecstasy. The poor bolivian people fight until they are tired and then celebrate. They are happiest when they are tired.
another d bag wrote:
i think that what he meant was that when you're tired you don't have the excitement to do anything, nor motivated, same thing with being rich
You have it 100% backwards. Being tired is being free. You are right that the fighting is just a literary device, but the theme is the emasculation of the male species. In the end though, Palahnuik said the theme came from his idea of using 8 rules to bring men together in a society where they had forgotten how to be men. It could have been Golf Club or Barn-raising Club and been just as effective.
Back to the OP's point, the quote is perfect for runners. I might put it on the back of my son's XC team shirt.
Moose A. Moose wrote:
another d bag wrote:i think that what he meant was that when you're tired you don't have the excitement to do anything, nor motivated, same thing with being rich
You have it 100% backwards. Being tired is being free. You are right that the fighting is just a literary device, but the theme is the emasculation of the male species. In the end though, Palahnuik said the theme came from his idea of using 8 rules to bring men together in a society where they had forgotten how to be men. It could have been Golf Club or Barn-raising Club and been just as effective.
Back to the OP's point, the quote is perfect for runners. I might put it on the back of my son's XC team shirt.
If your referencing moose a moose your son must be 3
Son is 14, another son is 7 and a daughter is 3. Good call.