"Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.“


-Doug Coupland

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Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

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