What did Alain de Botton mean by: What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home. Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
It wasn’t only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Conversations, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
One of love’s greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us happy. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Danger, Happiness, Love, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
Most of what makes a book ‘good’ is that we are reading it at the right moment for us. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Connection, Subjectivity, Timing, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Mindfulness, Safety, Wellness, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Despair, Hope, Stories, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Complexity, Connection, Inquiry, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Defiance, Legacy, Mortality, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alain de Botton, Admiration, Humility, Relationships, 0 Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
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