Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal.
Douglas CouplandWith the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies.
Douglas CouplandYour brain forms roughly 10,000 new cells every day, but unless they hook up to preexisting cells with strong memories, they die. Serves them right.
Douglas CouplandYou really have to wonder why we even bother to get up in the morning. I mean, really: Why work? Simply to buy more stuff?
Douglas CouplandA few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Vรกclav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.
Douglas Coupland