What's a bar bill but a surtax on reality? Douglas Coupland More Quotes by Douglas Coupland More Quotes From Douglas Coupland I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts. Douglas Coupland soulhurtphilosophy Is that all time is - our perception of how quickly it does or does not pass? Douglas Coupland all-timeperceptiondoe Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships. Douglas Coupland machinesentertainmentpeople Remember how, back in 1990, if you used a cellphone in public you looked like a total asshole? We're all assholes now. Douglas Coupland usedifsremember Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness. Douglas Coupland indicationuniquefeelings Negative? Moi? I think realistic might be a better word. You mean to tell me we can drive all the way here from L.A. and see maybe ten thousand square miles of shopping malls, and you don't have maybe just the weentsiest inkling that something, somewhere has gone very very cuckoo? Douglas Coupland squaresmeanthinking The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water. Douglas Coupland rainlifefall Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy. Douglas Coupland luckhurtpeople Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want. Douglas Coupland getting-what-you-wantendsfirsts It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you. Douglas Coupland tryingbeautifulpeople You've seen what you've seen; you've felt what you've felt. Ideology is for people who don't trust their own experiences and perceptions of the world. Douglas Coupland perceptionpeopleworld I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me. Douglas Coupland thanksgivingvegetablesthank-you Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are. Douglas Coupland deedsbelieveworld It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll just wait for the next version to come out- something more "user friendly. Douglas Coupland realwaitingfriendly I think if human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn't life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don't they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of the year? Think of all the people you'd meet if they were in costume every day. People would be so much easier to talk to - like talking to dogs. Douglas Coupland halloweendogthinking It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do? Douglas Coupland who-we-areeventsremember 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 fateone-dayfeelings What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives. Douglas Coupland plightmoralhumanity Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive. Douglas Coupland unhappinesstaughtuse Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don't put it in a list. Don't even say the words. Douglas Coupland rustthievestaken
