Douglas Coupland Quotes about Feelings

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Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

Douglas Coupland

Unique, Feelings, Indication

As you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wrong, you become superstitious about tempting fate, about bringing disaster upon your life by accidentally feeling too good one day.

Douglas Coupland

Fate, Feelings, One Day

Douglas Coupland (1993). “Shampoo Planet”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

I didn't realize then that so much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience

Douglas Coupland

Feelings, Adults, Youth

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

Douglas Coupland

Numbness, Feelings, World

Douglas Coupland (2011). “The Gum Thief: A Novel”, p.208, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must bespoken. A need burns inside us to share with others what we are feeling Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. It is as though the coolness that marked out youth is itself a type of retrovirus that can only leave you feeling empty. Full of holes.

Douglas Coupland

Feelings, Age, Needs