How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Fight Club.
Quote #4
NARRATOR: How embarrassing. A house full of condiments and no food.
This is really sad, and it shows us how our narrator doesn't have anything going on under the surface. He's all ketchup and no meat.
Quote #5
NARRATOR: I had a stereo that was very decent. A wardrobe that was getting very respectable. I was close to being complete.
At first, our narrator is upset that he lost all his stuff. His detached way of speaking about it can be chalked up to shock. But as Tyler later tells him, "The things you own end up owning you." He'll later realize this disappointment is a blessing in disguise.
Quote #6
MARLA: I got this dress as a thrift store for one dollar. […] It's a bridesmaids dress. Someone loved it intensely for one day then tossed it like a Christmas tree. So special. Then, bam: it's on the side of the road, tinsel still clinging to it. Like a sex crime victim, underwear inside out, bound with electrical tape.
This is Marla's big monologue, and maybe it explains a little bit of her dissatisfaction with life. She's tired of being used and tossed away, which is why she can relate to those qualities in her secondhand-store dress.