If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that,...

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that,...

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...

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state...

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state...

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

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

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

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...

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but...

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but...

When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of...

When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst...

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst...

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books...

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books...

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.

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

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...

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the...

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the...

I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.

I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.

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...