Quotes by Shared Experiences High school is such a shared experience in North American culture. Douglas Coupland shared-experiences culture school We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. Douglas Coupland shared-experiences our-family needs Communication implies communing, having a shared experience with another, not "talking at" or "talking down to" someone. Sharon Gannon shared-experiences communication talking What is private belongs to me alone. What is personal belongs to all of us through the shared experience of being human. Terry Tempest Williams shared-experiences being-human humans