"When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer."

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Once he entered my life, I promptly forgot all my years of putting on a brave face while browsing at bookstores until closing time, and of having one, two, three beers while watching crime shows and CNN. I completely forgot the hateful sensation of loneliness, like thirst and hunger together pressing on my stomach.

— Douglas Coupland