Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more. Douglas Coupland More Quotes by Douglas Coupland More Quotes From Douglas Coupland But I guess the nice thing about driving a car is that the physical act of driving itself occupies a good chunk of brain cells that otherwise would be giving you trouble overloading your thinking. New scenery continually erases what came before; memory is lost, shuffled, relabeled and forgotten. Gum is chewed; buttons are pushed; windows are lowered and opened. A fast moving car is the only place where you're legally allowed to not deal with your problems. It's enforced meditation and this is good. Douglas Coupland nice memories moving There are three things we cry for in life: things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent. Douglas Coupland lost-things cry three 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 caring loss thinking 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 unique book thinking At least there's nothing scary about him and hopefully he doesn't see anything scary in me. We go way back, to summer camp. We KNOW each other. People I don't know just make me want to say YIKES! I'll take history over mystery any day of the week. Douglas Coupland scary summer people Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life. Douglas Coupland flying dream mean It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. Douglas Coupland gambling family careers New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108. Douglas Coupland parks new-york people When you crop the photo, you tell a lie. Douglas Coupland crops lying What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much? Douglas Coupland turns what-if people Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence. Douglas Coupland doors forget world Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in the environment, leaving you with much cleaner air to enjoy. Douglas Coupland bars leaving air You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely. Douglas Coupland falling-in-love six fall Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky. Douglas Coupland clown adults eye In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in sentences that end before finishing. We sleep heavily because we need to ask so many questions as we dream alone. We bump into others and feel bashful at recognizing souls so similar to ourselves. Douglas Coupland soul dream sleep Good looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters. Douglas Coupland teeth strong people Your brain forms roughly 10,000 new cells every day, but unless they hook up to preexisting cells with strong memories, they die. Serves them right. Douglas Coupland cells strong memories Imagine you're a forty-year-old, Richard," Hamilton said to me around this time, while working as a salesman at a Radio Shack in Lynn Valley,"and suddenly somebody comes up to you saying, 'Hi, I'd like you to meet Kevin. Kevin is eighteen and will be making all of your career decisions for you.' I'd be flipped out. Wouldn't you? But that's what life is all about - some eighteen-year-old kid making your big decisions for you that stick for a lifetime." He shuddered. Douglas Coupland careers kids years My secret is that I need God—that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love. Douglas Coupland sick kindness giving 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 falling-in-love girl powerful
