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Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and visual artist.
* He was born in 1961 in Baden-Söllingen, Germany, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.
* He is best known for his novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which was published in 1991 and popularized the term "Generation X."
* He has written 13 novels, two collections of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television.
* He is a columnist for the Financial Times, as well as a frequent contributor to The New York Times, e-flux journal, DIS Magazine, and Vice.
* He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a member of the Order of British Columbia.
* He is a keen observer of contemporary culture, and his work often explores themes of alienation, identity, and technology.
* He is a popular and critically acclaimed author, and his work has been translated into over 30 languages.

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.

Douglas Coupland

inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Douglas Coupland

inspirational quotes - Image for quote : I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

Douglas Coupland

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.

Douglas Coupland

TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.

Douglas Coupland

Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sounds like a quiet tragedy.

Douglas Coupland

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