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I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am, saying ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND I have always liked the idea of Superman because I have always liked the idea that there is one pers... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Maybe the more emotions a person experiences in their daily lives, the longer time seems to feel to ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Time, Baby - so much, so much time left until the end of my life - sometimes I go crazy at how slowl... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. DOUGLAS COUPLAND I would like to fall in love again but my only hope is that love doesn't happen to me so often after... DOUGLAS COUPLAND She says to me, but were we ever intimate? How intimate were we really? Sure, there were the ordinar... DOUGLAS COUPLAND I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quit... DOUGLAS COUPLAND I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept wh... DOUGLAS COUPLAND We are changed souls; we don't look at things the same way anymore. For there was a time when we exp... DOUGLAS COUPLAND I realized that once people are broken in certain ways they can't ever be fixed, and this is somethi... DOUGLAS COUPLAND The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be he... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chanc... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Is that all time is - our perception of how quickly it does or does not pass? 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