People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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

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

Fate is for losers.

Fate is for losers.

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences...

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences...

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that...

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that...

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...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you...

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

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

Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.

Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.

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...

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

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...

Purchased experiences don't count.

Purchased experiences don't count.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

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...

If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a...

If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a...