“I am two people. One goes through the motions, rolling from one thing to the next; the other is withdrawn, watching a… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“All that remains is to forge the #commitment. Regardless of how right everything feels, words never last.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“Strangers don't see through the cracks as easily as people who know you.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“Don't let yourself get bored. Exist to question; question your existence.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“Nothing worse than someone who goes to the dance, is excited to dance, dances all night, and then complains all the next… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“What you see is what you get. The island is imaginative enough. Creativity don’t need to be wasted on naming things.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“To exist here, I’ll have to become skilled in saying no—an art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Questions from earlier circle like buzzards. Am I running away or moving forward?” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The waves splash against my face, carrying a message: Welcome, you belong here.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“On the island, the recipe for an entertaining evening is drink this, smoke that, snort this, eat that. How do you feel?… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“There's nothing like an orgasm to make a person think--and more often than not, to think too much.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“My discontent has accumulated over the past months, searching for a leak in the dam I’ve constructed to separate my true feelings… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“There's nothing like an orgasm to force a person to think--and more often than not, to think too much.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“Word has traveled quickly that just because you're on island doesn't mean you have to be stranded---as long as you have cash.” — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
“Silence has built walls, walls that I attempt to break by pedaling faster, only to be imprisoned a hundred feet down the… — Doug Cooper Copy Share Image
