Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.
Douglas CouplandWhat surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.
Douglas CouplandYou guys just wait and see. We'll stand taller than these mountains. We'll bare open our hearts for the world to grab. We'll see lights where there was dimness. We'll testify together to what we have seen and felt. Life will go on--all of us--crawling; stumbling, falling perhaps. But we will be the strong ones. Our hearts will shine brightly.
Douglas CouplandAnyway, 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 CouplandAnd 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 โ people who closed the doors that leads us into the secret world โ or who had the doors closed for them by time and neglect and decisions made in times of weakness.
Douglas Coupland