“ Mphhh... What did you say Tyler?' Anna-Louise mumbles on the bed above me.I stand up, and a tame blue bird lands on my shoulder and tries to nibble my earlobe. I gently shake Anna-Louise fully awake.… Douglas Coupland
“ Los ingenieros del agua dejaron el calentador de la piscina en marcha demasiado tiempo y, por la noche, los vapores de cloro se elevaron por encima de la vida vegetal del planeta, y yo imaginé mi carn… Douglas Coupland
“ In the end, I think the relationships that survive in this world are the ones where two people can finish each other's sentences. Forget drama and torrid sex and the clash of opposites. Give me banter… Douglas Coupland
“ I would like to fall in love again but my only hope is that love doesn't happen to me so often after this. I don't want to get so used to falling in love that i get curious to experience something mor… Douglas Coupland
“ I was convinced that all of the people I’d ever gone to school with were headed for great things in life and I wasn’t. They were having more fun; finding more meaning in life. Douglas Coupland
“ I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying perhaps too much. But there are these feelings inside me which need badly to escape, I guess. And th… Douglas Coupland
“ Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity. Douglas Coupland
“ He knew that the fuel his brain craved could only be found in a proper university. Douglas Coupland
“ Crawl to your God, you arrogant bastard. See if your God doesn't look at the slime trail you leave behind you and throw you to the buzzards. You heartless, sad little man. You don't even have a soul.… Douglas Coupland
“ But in that one little window of time, many lastingdecisions were made. First, any love for my father that might have remained either in mymother's heart or my own - vaporized. Second, we knew for sur… Douglas Coupland
“ But if you accept dreams, you also have to accept nightmares, and I know nightmares are bad things. And if dreams are so special, why is it that no person or company has ever tried to make a drug that… Douglas Coupland
“ Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you. Douglas Coupland
“ 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… Douglas Coupland
“ Are you a minimalist? Do you take pride in a reductive life? Minimalists are actually extreme hoarders: they hoard space, and they’re just as odd as those people with seven rooms filled with newspaper… Douglas Coupland
“ 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
“ And I think back over my own life and I realize that my own nature-the core me-essentially hasn’t changed all these years. When I wake up in the morning, for those first few moments before I remember… Douglas Coupland
“ Бывает, нападет хандра — кажется, так и помрешь одинокой; ни в настоящем, ни в будущем ничего хорошего не светит. Оглядываясь на прожитые годы, вспоминаешь только ошибки и неудачи, калеча тем самым и… Douglas Coupland
“ […] if sophistication is the ability to put a smile on one's existential desperation, then the fear of a glossy sheen is actually the fear that surface equals depth. ***[…] we wake up, we do something… Douglas Coupland
“ You like all animals at that moment, although no doubt you will one day choose your favorites. Your own nature will triumph. We are all born with our natures. You popped out of your mother’s belly, I… Douglas Coupland
