Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them. Douglas Coupland More Quotes by Douglas Coupland More Quotes From Douglas Coupland Books turn people into isolated individuals, and once that's happened, the road only grows rockier. Books wire you to want to be Steve McQueen, but the world wants you to be [email protected]. Douglas Coupland wire book people A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it. Douglas Coupland smile laughter happiness Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. Douglas Coupland people-with-depression depression love Later, I would learn that coincidences are the most planned things in the world. Later, I would learn that every single moment is a coincidence. Douglas Coupland moments coincidence world I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts. Douglas Coupland care giving people The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is certainly a unique hallmark of our species. Douglas Coupland different unique today I have always liked the idea of Superman because I have always liked the idea that there is one person in the world who doesn’t do bad things. And that there is one person in the world who is able to fly. Douglas Coupland able world ideas Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our darkness makes us lovable. Douglas Coupland achievement darkness interesting I think there is a Paris inside us all. Douglas Coupland paris thinking It's starts out young- you try not be different just to survive- you try to be just like everyone else- anonymity becomes reflexive- and then one day you wake up and you've become all those other people- the others- the something you aren't. And you wonder if you can ever be what it is you really are. Or you wonder if it's too late to find out. Douglas Coupland one-day trying people Anyway, I want to remember that love can happen. Because there is life after not having a life. I never expected love to happen. What was I expecting from life, then? Douglas Coupland expecting want remember Unhappy endings are just as important as happy endings. They’re an efficient way of transmitting vital Darwinian information. Your brain needs them to make maps of the world, maps that let you know what sorts of people and situations to avoid. Douglas Coupland important brain people Do you think we enjoy hearing about your brand-new million-dollar home when we can barely afford to eat Kraft Dinner sandwiches in our own grimy little shoe boxes and we're pushing thirty? A home you won in a genetic lottery, I might add, sheerly by dint of your having been born at the right time in history? You'd last about ten minutes if you were my age these days. Douglas Coupland shoes home thinking Maybe the more emotions a person experiences in their daily lives, the longer time seems to feel to them. As you get older, you experience fewer new things, and so time seems to go by faster. Douglas Coupland daily-life faster emotion Society indeed conspires to keep you ball and chained. Douglas Coupland chained balls Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal. Douglas Coupland kind ifs animal I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In the end I believe we never do convince ourselves. I know that I found it increasingly hard to maintain the pose of emotional self-sufficiency lying on my bed and sitting at my desk, watching the gulls cartwheeling in the clouds over the bridges, cradling myself in my own arms, breathing warm chocolate-and-vodka breath on a rose I had found on a street corner, trying to force it to bloom. Douglas Coupland emotional believe lying A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the store hits on him. A woman buys a book on loneliness and the store clears out. Douglas Coupland being-alone loneliness book We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age. Douglas Coupland who-we-are age time Vaccinated Time Travel: To fantasize about traveling backward in time, but only with proper vaccinations. Douglas Coupland vaccinations time-travel time
