“ I wish I could say that success turns people into plastic dolls, but the truth is that I don't know any successful people Douglas Coupland
“ I walked far down a dirt side road and into a farmer's field - some sort of cereal that was chest high and corn green and rustled as its blades inflicted small paper burns on my skin as I walked throu… Douglas Coupland
“ I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people. The only activities I could think of that humans do that have no… Douglas Coupland
“ I think we're simply going to run out of Nature before we have a chance to destroy it. Douglas Coupland
“ I say ‘Uhmm...’ a lot. I mentioned this to Karla and she says it’s a CPU word. It means you’re assembling data in your head - spooling. Douglas Coupland
“ I have always noticed in high school yearbooks the similarity of all the graduate write-ups—how, after only a few pages, the identities of all the unsullied young faces blur, how one person melts into… Douglas Coupland
“ 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… Douglas Coupland
“ I don't remember where I was before I was born, why should I be worried about where I go after I die? Douglas Coupland
“ I called Mom from the hotel during the period of peace, I'd turned out all of the lights and closed the curtains in pursuit of sensory deprivation. It was Black and sensationless. All There was in the… Douglas Coupland
“ I am by now completely convinced that my downfall in life is going to be my inability to achieve computer nirvana like a true hacker or hackette. I think this lacking is the most unmodern facet of my… Douglas Coupland
“ Ho chiesto a Kaitlin qualcosa sull'ironia ed è saltato fuori che solo il venti per cento degli esseri umani possiede il senso dell'ironia - il che significa che l'ottanta per cento del pianeta prende… Douglas Coupland
“ 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 fee… Douglas Coupland
“ He said, A ring is a halo for your finger. From now on, we no longer cast two shadows, we cast one. Douglas Coupland
“ Happy. And then I got afraid that it would vanish as quickly as it came. That it was accidental-- that I didn't deserve it. It's like this very, very nice car crash that never ends. Douglas Coupland
“ Gore is nature's way of saying, There are too many human beings on the planet, and I'm trying to rectify this any way I can. SARS didn't work, but trust me, I'm cooking up something better. In the int… Douglas Coupland
“ For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised ever again. Douglas Coupland
“ Do you remember how you felt at seventeen? I do and I don't (...) Imagine you came from outer space and someone showed you a butterfly and a caterpillar. Would you ever put the two of them together? T… Douglas Coupland
“ But then a bumblebee bumbled above us and it stole our attention the way flying things can.Mom... Dad... Douglas Coupland
“ Besides, animals don’t even have time. Only humans have time. It’s what makes us different. Douglas Coupland
“ At meetings you have to explain what you've accomplished, so naturally you fluff up your work a bit, like pillows on a couch. Douglas Coupland
