What did Alain de Botton mean by: Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Injury, Insomnia, Pain, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The longing for destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Destiny, Longing, Stronger, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Although I don’t believe in God, Bach’s music shows me what a love of God must feel like. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Believe, God Love, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Lazy, Sloth, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Events, Existence, Spring, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Challenge, Interesting, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ If one felt successful, there’d be so little incentive to be successful. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Incentives, Successful, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Majority, Reasoning, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
