"Each romance, the type of self-destructive gesture Hedda Hopper would call “marry-kiri.” Instead of plunging a sword into one’s stomach, you repeatedly throw yourself on the most inappropriate erect penis."
This is probably the passage most often highlighted in this book. I know this because everyone else had it highlighted. This was one of the fist books I read on my Kindle and I hadn't turned off the feature that shows other oft highlighted passages. Shortly thereafter, I turned it off.
I'm highly susceptible to the phenomenon of not wanting to like something, or participate in a cultural event, simply because everyone else is doing it. Dear God, that sounds so "hipster" of me.
Anyway.
I feel guilty about liking this line. Everyone else likes it. What does that say about me and my uniqueness?
Whatever, it's a good, amusing line. It's also impossible to visualize without it being absurd.
Are their fields of erect penises out there waiting to be pounced upon?
Finally, Hedda Hopper is/was a real person. Chuck Palahniuk is one of those authors that makes me feel pathetic because I don't know half the people he references.
Reading doesn't make you smarter, it makes you realize how dumb you are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Hopper
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