Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.
Douglas CouplandAnd any small moments of intense, flaring beauty such as this morning's will be utterly forgotten, dissolved by time like a super-8 film left out in the rain, without sound, and quickly replaced by thousands of silently growing trees.
Douglas CouplandCanadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.
Douglas CouplandThe richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healingโa blanketโthe 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