Douglas Coupland

"Strength comes from overcoming adversity."

"Power corrupts those who seek it."

"Money can't buy happiness but it helps."

"Health is the greatest wealth."

"Every moment is an adventure if you let it be."

"Hope is what keeps us going."

"Gratitude changes everything."

"Creativity is the essence of being human."

"Justice is what we all deserve."

"Patience is a virtue that few possess."

"The future is just history that hasn't happened yet."

"We are the first generation to be born into a world where we can see our entire lives played out on screens."

"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."

"You can never be too rich or too blonde, but you can be too trendy."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a form of oppression."

"I think anybody over 40 has earned the right to be a little bit strange."

"Feeling unique, special, or chosen is a gift given to those who don't understand statistics."

"The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing."

"What's the point of doing anything if nobody's watching?"

"Bad things are always going to happen in life, but at least you can choose what you do about them."

"The decade of the 1980s was the time when greed became philosophy."

"Your past is just a story you keep telling yourself."

"I think that the best way to change society is to speak your truth."

"Humans are the only creatures on Earth who can feel nostalgia for something that hasn't happened yet."

"Trying to be a hero doesn't make you a hero, living like one does."

"The most satisfying thing I ever did was to write something small and true."

"We're all going to die, and we don't have a lot of time to spend on earth. So we'd better get on with it."

"Shopping is the only thing I really enjoy anymore."

"I think the secret is to treat everyone like you've known them forever."

"Diseases of despair are real and they're spreading through the developed world."