“ I'd change you bandages for you, but you don't have any and that's a big issue here. Douglas Coupland
“ How did society ever function without you, little Sharpies? Your nibs have the precise amount of give to create a line quality with character, yet not so much character as to be smushy. Thank you, lit… Douglas Coupland
“ And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder – people who closed the doors that lead… Douglas Coupland
“ Most guys have about 73 calories of shopping energy, and once these calories are gone, they're gone for the day - if not the week - and can't be regenerated simply by having an Orange Julius at the Fo… Douglas Coupland
“ Hi! I'm Ethan, I shop at Ikea. I bought a $300 dining suite and it took me three days to assemble! Douglas Coupland
“ [...] and after those big strokes, what's to tell? We run out of things that make us individual very quickly; all of us have far more in common than we do not have in common. Douglas Coupland
“ These were citizens who, never having bothered to awaken to the technological and psychic changes in their world, hadn't bothered to defend themselves, hadn't bothered to build walls or plan or counte… Douglas Coupland
“ The show’s host assumed I was going to be an ironic slacker wise-ass and said, I guess you must think this whole mall is kind of hokey and trashy, and I said, No such thing.He was surprised. What do y… Douglas Coupland
“ The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I’m kidding. But killing helps. Douglas Coupland
“ Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being's eyes. Douglas Coupland
“ Sometimes we all forget that the world itself is paradise, and there has been much of late to enourage that amnesia. (Microserfs, p 366) Douglas Coupland
“ Sometimes I think God is like weather--you may not like the weather, but it has nothing to do wit you. You just happen to be there. Deal with it. Douglas Coupland
“ I'm not cheerful or domestic. I'm drab, crabby and friendless. I fill my days fighting a constant battle to keep my dignity. Loneliness is my curse- our species' curse- it's the gun that shoots the bu… Douglas Coupland
“ I hate math. It's hard, it's stupid, and it's nature's way of separating spinsters from women who end up breeding. Douglas Coupland
“ Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Sho… Douglas Coupland
“ Actually, it's not the impertinence I'm punishing him for, it's that he let other people know what he wanted. Douglas Coupland
“ I decided at 40 I was wasting entire chunks of my brain and didn't want to blow my one chance on Earth. I'm glad I made that decision. Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about… Douglas Coupland
