Only damaged people want good things to happen to them through visualization. They want something for nothing. - Douglas Coupland

People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity. (from inside the cover)

The hardest things in the world are being unique and having your life be a story. In the old days, it was much easier, but our modern fame-driven culture, with its real-time 24-7 marinade of electronic information, demands a lot from modern citizens, and poses great obstacles to narrative.

There's nothing at the center of what we do.