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Douglas Coupland Quotes

Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal Picture Quote #1

You know what the best thing is about the end of the day? Tomorrow, it starts all over again Picture Quote #1

With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies Picture Quote #1

As you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wrong, you become superstitious about tempting fate, about bringing disaster upon your life by accidentally feeling too good one day Picture Quote #1

People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity Picture Quote #1

We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age Picture Quote #1

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In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other’s sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week Picture Quote #1

Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being’s eyes Picture Quote #1

You can have information or you can have a life, but you can’t have both Picture Quote #1

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog Picture Quote #1

There are three things we cry for in life: things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent Picture Quote #1

If you want to get close to somebody, you have to tell him or her something intimate about yourself. They’ll tell you something intimate in return, and if you keep this going, maybe you’ll end up in love Picture Quote #1

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Ski boots are the worst. Solid plastic. They’ll be around till the sun goes supernova Picture Quote #1

Kids today do nothing. They’re so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain Picture Quote #1

How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don’t even remember any of it? Picture Quote #1

In the same way you can never go backward to a slower computer, you can never go backward to a lessened state of connectedness Picture Quote #1

Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn’t take a break from you Picture Quote #1

I am aware that there is a world out there that functions without regard to me. There are wars and budgets and bombings and vast dimensions of wealth and greed and ambition and corruption. And yet I don’t feel a part of that world, and I wouldn’t know how to join if I tried Picture Quote #1

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I think that every reader on earth has a list of cherished books as unique as their fingerprints... I think that, as you age, you tend to gravitate towards the classics, but those aren’t the books that give you the same sort of hope for the world that a cherished book does Picture Quote #1

When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing Picture Quote #1

And in his heart, I think, he’s now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I’ve said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world Picture Quote #1

And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it’s already happened Picture Quote #1

After my brush with the suicidal impulse, I listen with new ears to others when they speak on the subject. I think there are people who were born with that little door open, and they have to go through life knowing that they might jump through it at any moment Picture Quote #1

When you see such photos, you can’t help but wonder at just how sweet and sad and innocent all moments of life are rendered by the tripping of a camera’s shutter, for at that point the future is still unknown and has yet to hurt us, and also for that brief moment, our poses are accepted as honest Picture Quote #1

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How can we be alive and not wonder about the stories we knit together this place we call the world? Without stories our universe is merely rocks and clouds and lava and blackness. It’s a village scraped raw by warm waters leaving not a trace of what existed before Picture Quote #1

She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths she’d been taught to consider valuable invariably conflicted with the world as it was actually lived. How could a person be so utterly lost, yet remain living? Picture Quote #1

Here are some passing thoughts. Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing it burning. Imagine seeing the grocery store’s checkout girl grow horns. Imagine growing younger instead of older. Imagine feeling more powerful and more capable of falling in love with life every new day instead of being scared and sick and not knowing whether to stay under a sheet or venture forth into the cold Picture Quote #1

You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder, who felt their emotions floating away and just didn’t care. I guess that’s what’s scariest: not caring about the loss Picture Quote #1

You keep waiting for the moral of your life to become obvious, but it never does. Work, work, work: No moral. No plot. No eureka! Just production schedules and days. You might as well be living inside a photocopier. Your lives are all they’re ever going to be Picture Quote #1

And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder – people who closed the doors that leads us into the secret world – or who had the doors closed for them by time and neglect and decisions made in times of weakness Picture Quote #1

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Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal (Douglas Coupland Quotes) You know what the best thing is about the end of the day? Tomorrow, it starts all over again (Douglas Coupland Quotes) With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies (Douglas Coupland Quotes) As you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wrong, you become superstitious about tempting fate, about bringing disaster upon your life by accidentally feeling too good one day (Douglas Coupland Quotes) People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity (Douglas Coupland Quotes) We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age (Douglas Coupland Quotes) In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other’s sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter any day of the week (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being’s eyes (Douglas Coupland Quotes) You can have information or you can have a life, but you can’t have both (Douglas Coupland Quotes) You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog (Douglas Coupland Quotes) There are three things we cry for in life: things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent (Douglas Coupland Quotes) If you want to get close to somebody, you have to tell him or her something intimate about yourself. They’ll tell you something intimate in return, and if you keep this going, maybe you’ll end up in love (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Ski boots are the worst. Solid plastic. They’ll be around till the sun goes supernova (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Kids today do nothing. They’re so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain (Douglas Coupland Quotes) How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don’t even remember any of it? (Douglas Coupland Quotes) In the same way you can never go backward to a slower computer, you can never go backward to a lessened state of connectedness (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn’t take a break from you (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I am aware that there is a world out there that functions without regard to me. There are wars and budgets and bombings and vast dimensions of wealth and greed and ambition and corruption. And yet I don’t feel a part of that world, and I wouldn’t know how to join if I tried (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I think that every reader on earth has a list of cherished books as unique as their fingerprints... I think that, as you age, you tend to gravitate towards the classics, but those aren’t the books that give you the same sort of hope for the world that a cherished book does (Douglas Coupland Quotes) When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing (Douglas Coupland Quotes) And in his heart, I think, he’s now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I’ve said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world (Douglas Coupland Quotes) And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it’s already happened (Douglas Coupland Quotes) After my brush with the suicidal impulse, I listen with new ears to others when they speak on the subject. I think there are people who were born with that little door open, and they have to go through life knowing that they might jump through it at any moment (Douglas Coupland Quotes) When you see such photos, you can’t help but wonder at just how sweet and sad and innocent all moments of life are rendered by the tripping of a camera’s shutter, for at that point the future is still unknown and has yet to hurt us, and also for that brief moment, our poses are accepted as honest (Douglas Coupland Quotes) How can we be alive and not wonder about the stories we knit together this place we call the world? Without stories our universe is merely rocks and clouds and lava and blackness. It’s a village scraped raw by warm waters leaving not a trace of what existed before (Douglas Coupland Quotes) She thought about her life and how lost she’d felt for most of it. She thought about the way that all truths she’d been taught to consider valuable invariably conflicted with the world as it was actually lived. How could a person be so utterly lost, yet remain living? (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Here are some passing thoughts. Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing it burning. Imagine seeing the grocery store’s checkout girl grow horns. Imagine growing younger instead of older. Imagine feeling more powerful and more capable of falling in love with life every new day instead of being scared and sick and not knowing whether to stay under a sheet or venture forth into the cold (Douglas Coupland Quotes) You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder, who felt their emotions floating away and just didn’t care. I guess that’s what’s scariest: not caring about the loss (Douglas Coupland Quotes) You keep waiting for the moral of your life to become obvious, but it never does. Work, work, work: No moral. No plot. No eureka! Just production schedules and days. You might as well be living inside a photocopier. Your lives are all they’re ever going to be (Douglas Coupland Quotes) And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder – people who closed the doors that leads us into the secret world – or who had the doors closed for them by time and neglect and decisions made in times of weakness (Douglas Coupland Quotes)

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