"believe that you've had most of your important……" — Douglas Coupland

believe that you've had most of your important memories by the time… - Douglas Coupland

"believe that you've had most of your important memories by the time you're thirty. After that, memory becomes water overflowing into an already full cup. New experiences just don't register in the same way or with the same impact. I could be shooting heroin with the Princess of Wales, naked in a crashing jet, and the experience still couldn't compare to the time the cops chased us after we threw the Taylors' patio furniture into their pool in eleventh grade."

— Douglas Coupland

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