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After my brush with the suicidal impulse, I listen with new ears to others when they speak on the subject. I think there are people who were born with that little door open, and they have to go through life knowing that they might jump through it at any moment.

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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