"All events became omens; I lost the ability to take anything literally."

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Douglas Coupland

#Events Quotes #Lost Quotes #Ability Quotes

“There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.”
“Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?”
“Very early in life, I fell in love with the landscape of the human face, where all the emotional states of life are to be found.”
“Depending on which side of the fence you're on, you could argue that the sexual liberation of the late '60s, led to women being emancipated in some ways. That they found a voice during that time, with feminism. It's complicated.”
“But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay of Pigs invasion in six pages once, and there were 50,000 guys with boots that I didn't have to pay, and all those extras; we didn't have to pay them.”
“I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him.”
“Our pets are our family.”
“Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.”

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