"We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place." ― Doug Coupland Topic(s): Death Tags: idols More From Doug Coupland "Everybody has basically the same family, it’s just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next." "Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives." "We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes." More In Death "Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."― John Milton "Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion."― David Herbert Lawrence "I’m more afraid of marriage than death."― Shakira