The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is certainly a unique hallmark of our species.
Douglas Couplandbelieve that you've had most of your important memories by the time you're thirty. After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an already full cup. New experiences just don't register in the same way or with the same impact. I could be shooting heroin with the Princess of Wales, naked in a crashing jet, and the experience still couldn't compare to the time the cops chased us after we threw the Taylors' patio furniture into their pool in eleventh grade.
Douglas CouplandPeople who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity.
Douglas CouplandLife is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we donโt know why, and if we do find out why, itโs decades later and knowing why doesnโt matter any more.
Douglas CouplandYou see, when you're middle class, you have to live with the fact that history will ignore you. You have to live with the fact that history can never champion your causes and that history will never feel sorry for you. It is the price that is paid for day-to-day comfort and silence. And because of this price, all happinesses are sterile; all sadnesses go unpitied.
Douglas Coupland