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Tyler Durden
Marla Singer is the only major female character in Fight Club, and a vague “love interest” for both Tyler and the Narrator. Like the Narrator at the beginning of the book, Marla is fascinated with death and the “real.” First she seeks out death-like experiences by attending cancer support groups, and later by attempting to overdose on Xanax. While Marla shares with the Narrator/Tyler a desire for danger, she objects to many of the ways that Tyler and the Narrator pursue danger; she’s furious when she learns that the Narrator/Tyler has been converting her mother’s fat into soap, and she calls the police when she finds out that the Narrator/Tyler has been planning murders. Marla, in short, is obsessed with death, but also seems to believe in right and wrong—in the end, she and the Narrator share a similar worldview, and finally admit that they “like” each other.
Marla Singer Quotes in Fight Club
The Fight Club quotes below are all either spoken by Marla Singer or refer to Marla Singer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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"Funerals are nothing compared to this," Marla says. "Funerals are all abstract ceremony. Here, you have a real experience of death."
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Chapter 14
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Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.
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Chapter 23
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I love everything about Tyler Durden, his courage and his smarts. His nerve. Tyler is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and men look up to him and expect him to change their world. Tyler is capable and free, and I am not.
I'm not Tyler Durden.
"But you are, Tyler," Marla says.
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Chapter 27
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There's Marla.
Jump over the edge.
There's Marla, and she's in the middle of everything and doesn't know it.
And she loves you.
She loves Tyler.
She doesn't know the difference.
Somebody has to tell her. Get out. Get out. Get out.
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Marla Singer Quotes in Fight Club
The Fight Club quotes below are all either spoken by Marla Singer or refer to Marla Singer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 4
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"Funerals are nothing compared to this," Marla says. "Funerals are all abstract ceremony. Here, you have a real experience of death."
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Chapter 14
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Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.
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Chapter 23
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I love everything about Tyler Durden, his courage and his smarts. His nerve. Tyler is funny and charming and forceful and independent, and men look up to him and expect him to change their world. Tyler is capable and free, and I am not.
I'm not Tyler Durden.
"But you are, Tyler," Marla says.
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Chapter 27
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There's Marla.
Jump over the edge.
There's Marla, and she's in the middle of everything and doesn't know it.
And she loves you.
She loves Tyler.
She doesn't know the difference.
Somebody has to tell her. Get out. Get out. Get out.
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