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Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can't. The brain doesn't process negatives.
Douglas Coupland
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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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