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.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are...

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are...

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history...

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history...

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.

Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do...

Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do...

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is...

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is...

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is...

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is...

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by...

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way...

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way...

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as...

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as...

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as...

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the...

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the...