Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases!
Start by following Doug Cooper.
Showing 1-30 of 40
“There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to something meaningful.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“t may not be the life you imagined, but it’s your life. You came here for a reason. Is it time for you to go and begin again?”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Questions from earlier circle like buzzards. Am I running away or moving forward?”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“I am two people. One goes through the motions, rolling from one thing to the next; the other is withdrawn, watching a complete stranger.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“The waves splash against my face, carrying a message: Welcome, you belong here.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“To exist here, I’ll have to become skilled in saying no—an art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I no longer care to practice.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Variety may be the spice of life, but consistency pays the bills.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next day about his feet being sore.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Silence has built walls, walls that I attempt to break by pedaling faster, only to be imprisoned a hundred feet down the road.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Just remember, there comes a time when the party isn’t a party anymore; it’s your life.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“I have nowhere to go and no place I’m supposed to be. Am I lost or completely free?”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right or left to sidestep confrontation.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Strangers don't see through the cracks as easily as people who know you.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Now I just accept that we’re born each day and we die each night. In between we live our lives.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Identity cannot be found or fabricated but emerges from within when one has the courage to let go.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Don't let yourself get bored. Exist to question; question your existence.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Cause and effect are rarely directly related. Justice has a mind of her own.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Now I feel free, and hope is creeping back. Maybe because I'm paying attention to what I have rather than what's missing.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“You earn brotherhood—the purest friendship, trust, love, whatever you want to call it—moment by moment through how you treat others.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Time doesn't age you; experience does.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“The world communicates subtly. Most people don't hear or see the signs because they're so wrapped up in their day-to-day lives.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“True conversation is its own experience, and experience, not words, is the thing that brings people closer.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“My discontent has accumulated over the past months, searching for a leak in the dam I’ve constructed to separate my true feelings from the situation closing in around me.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“All that remains is to forge the #commitment. Regardless of how right everything feels, words never last.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have cash.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
“There's nothing like an orgasm to force a person to think--and more often than not, to think too much.”
― Outside In
― Outside In
