I have this feeling watching Jasmine - that as you grow old… - Douglas Coupland

" "
I have this feeling watching Jasmine - that 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

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian fiction writer and cultural commentator. He is perhaps best known for the 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which popularized the terms "Generation X" and "McJob". Most of Coupland's work explores the harsher realities of life for this generation, including intense media saturation, a lack of religious values and economic instability.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Douglas Campbell Coupland

All quotes from Douglas Coupland Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Douglas Coupland:

Chuck Palahniuk David Foster Wallace Margaret Atwood Saul Bellow Doris Lessing

Additional quotes by Douglas Coupland

You have to admit, half the people who work here are mildly autistic; poor social skills, the ability to obsess on anything numerical or repetitive, the odd outfits, the paranoia and the sense of continually being judged and measured.

The only way to the top is killing and greed. Okay, I’m kidding. But killing helps.

McJob: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice by people who have never held one.

I have this feeling watching Jasmine - that as you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wron… - Douglas Coupland

About Douglas Coupland

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Douglas Coupland