Doug Cooper

Quotes

• “My discontent has accumulated over the past months, searching for a leak in the dam I’ve constructed to separate my true...”
• “Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next...”
• “When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after...”
• “I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right or left ...”
• “Yet hopefully things are different now, and I'm moving on to something better rather than attempting to suck more out of...”
• “To exist here, I’ll have to become skilled in saying no—an art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I no longe...”
• “I am two people. One goes through the motions, rolling from one thing to the next; the other is withdrawn, watching a co...”
• “You earn brotherhood—the purest friendship, trust, love, whatever you want to call it—moment by moment through how you t...”
• “Silence has built walls, walls that I attempt to break by pedaling faster, only to be imprisoned a hundred feet down the...”
• “t may not be the life you imagined, but it’s your life. You came here for a reason. Is it time for you to go and begin a...”
• “I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with ...”
• “Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have ...”
• “Now I feel free, and hope is creeping back. Maybe because I'm paying attention to what I have rather than what's missing...”
• “What you see is what you get. The island is imaginative enough. Creativity don’t need to be wasted on naming things.”
• “Maybe winning isn’t everything. One just needs to hedge the bet and minimize the risk.”
• “I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.”
• “I have nowhere to go and no place I’m supposed to be. Am I lost or completely free?”
• “Questions from earlier circle like buzzards. Am I running away or moving forward?”
• “The waves splash against my face, carrying a message: Welcome, you belong here.”
• “Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.”
• “Cause and effect are rarely directly related. Justice has a mind of her own.”
• “Variety may be the spice of life, but consistency pays the bills.”
• “Rationalization is foreplay with one's conscience.”