Douglas Coupland Quotes

You Know, Dag And Claire Smile A Lot, As Do Many People I Know. But I Always Wondered If There Is Something Either Mechanical Or Malignant To Their Smiles, For The Way They Keep Their Outer Lips Propped Up Seems A Bit, Not False, But Protective. A Minor Realization Hits Me As I Sit With The Two Of Them. It Is The Realisation That The Smiles That They Wear In Their Daily Lives Are The Same As The Smiles Worn By People Who Have Been Good-naturedly Fleeced, But Fleeced Nonetheless, In Public And On A New York Sidewalk By Card Sharks, And Who Are Unable Because Of Social Conventions To Show Their Anger, Who Don't Want To Look Like Poor Sports.

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