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English Writer December 20, 1969

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It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad, and to lonely service stations that we should drive when there is no one for us to hold or love. Alain de Botton
It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the domestic setting keeps us tethered to the person we are in ordinary life, who may not be who we essentially are. Alain de Botton
Confident that cast-iron walls separate our nature and situation from theirs, comfortable in the well-broken-in saddle of our high horse, we have exchanged our capacity to be tolerant for detachment and derision. It is the tragedian's task, then, to force us to confront an almost unbearable truth: every folly or myopia of which any human being in history has been guilty may be traced back to some aspect of our collective nature. Because we each bear within ourselves the whole of the human... Alain de Botton
Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food. Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton quote: "The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there...."
The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning. Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton quote: "The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in..."
The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person. Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton quote: "One of the best protections against disappointment is to have..."
One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on. Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton quote: "Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge."
Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge. Alain de Botton
it seems we may best be able to inhabit a place where we are not faced with the additional challenge of having to be there? (p.23) Alain de Botton

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