Death without the possibility of ever changing the world is the same as a life that never was. Douglas Coupland More Quotes by Douglas Coupland More Quotes From Douglas Coupland Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of uniqueness for himself and his own personality. I wonder if some day, when he is older, he will wake up and the deeper part of him will realize that he has never allowed himself to truly exist, and he will cry with regret and shame and grief. Douglas Coupland regret grief brother Nobody believes the identities we've made for ourselves. I feel like everybody in the world is fake now - as though people had true cores once, but hucked them away and replaced them with something more attractive but also hollow. Douglas Coupland numbness believe people PERSONALITY TITHE: A price paid for becoming a couple; previously amusing human beings become boring: 'Thanks for inviting us, but Noreen and I are going to look at flatware catalogs tonight. Afterward we're going to watch the shopping channel. Douglas Coupland shopping couple personality STRANGELOVE REPRODUCTION: Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer believes in the future. Douglas Coupland believe children facts Shopping is Not Creating. Douglas Coupland shopping creating Marketing is essentially about feeding the poop back to diners fast enough to make them think they're still getting real food. Douglas Coupland marketing real thinking BRAZILIFICATION:The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes. Douglas Coupland rich poor class HISTORICALOVERDOSING:To live in a period of time when too much seems to happen. Douglas Coupland too-much periods happens MCJOB: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice for people who have never held one. Douglas Coupland careers jobs people Most people can't handle a structureless life. Douglas Coupland disguise routine people You can't fake competence, creativity, or sexual arousal. Douglas Coupland arousal fake creativity Could the situation be that we no longer believe in that particular place? Or maybe we were all promised Heaven in our lifetimes, and what we ended up with can't help but suffer in comparison. Douglas Coupland suffering heaven believe We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die. Douglas Coupland fate strength inspirational 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 What's a bar bill but a surtax on reality? Douglas Coupland bars bills reality 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 taught way world The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all. Douglas Coupland lonely loneliness real The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member. Douglas Coupland express-yourself stronger needs Technology favors horrible people. Douglas Coupland favors technology people Purchased experiences don't count. Douglas Coupland counting
