Douglas Coupland Quotes about Children

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If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift - bad choice of words - is that

If I've learned anything in twenty-nine years, it's that every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. My gift - bad choice of words - is that I can look at you, him, her, them, whoever, and tell right away what is keeping them awake at night: money; feelings of insignificance; overwhelming boredom; evil children; job troubles; or perhaps death, in one of its many costumes, perched in the wings. What surprises me about humanity is that in the end such a narrow range of plights defines our moral lives.

Douglas Coupland

Jobs, Children, Night

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living.

Douglas Coupland

Children, Scary, Drink

Douglas Coupland (2008). “JPod”, p.11, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

It is indeed a mistake to confuse children with angels

Douglas Coupland

Children, Mistake, Angel

And in his heart, I think, he's now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I've said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world.

Douglas Coupland

Sweet, Children, Believe