The waves splash against my face, carrying a message…

“I am two people. One goes through the motions, rolling from one thing to the next; the other is withdrawn, watching a complete stranger.”

— Doug Cooper

“Now I feel free, and hope is creeping back. Maybe because I'm paying attention to what I have rather than what's missing.”

— Doug Cooper

“Questions from earlier circle like buzzards. Am I running away or moving forward?”

— Doug Cooper

“I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.”

— Doug Cooper

“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 longer…

— Doug Cooper

“I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.”

— Doug Cooper

“What you see is what you get. The island is imaginative enough. Creativity don’t need to be wasted on naming things.”

— Doug Cooper

“Time doesn't age you; experience does.”

— Doug Cooper

“There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence…

— Doug Cooper

“When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and…

— Doug Cooper

“Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next day about…

— Doug Cooper

“Don't let yourself get bored. Exist to question; question your existence.”

— Doug Cooper

“Strangers don't see through the cracks as easily as people who know you.”

— Doug Cooper

“All that remains is to forge the #commitment. Regardless of how right everything feels, words never last.”

— Doug Cooper

“Variety may be the spice of life, but consistency pays the bills.”

— Doug Cooper