Lindsay > Lindsay's Quotes

“And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened.”
― Douglas Coupland, Life After God

“Eroticize intelligence.”
― Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

“I saw doves and I thought they were rocks, but they were asleep. My breath made them stir, and they rocks took flight, the earth exploding... and my only thought was that I wanted you to see them, too.”
― Douglas Coupland, Microserfs

“A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age - regardless of how they look on the outside - pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.”
― Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief

“Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you.”
― Douglas Coupland, Eleanor Rigby

“Letting go of randomness is one of the hardest decisions a person can make.”
― Douglas Coupland, Microserfs