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Mortality Quotes in Fight Club

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)

Quote #10

The amazing miracle of death, when one second you're walking and talking, and the next second, you're an object. (18.137)

Our narrator has a unique definition of miracle. This isn't the bell-ringing, angel-gets-its-wings type of miracle. This is a bleak, there-probably-are-no-angels kind of miracle. Is this kind of view pessimistic or realistic?