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Alain de Botton
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born
December 20, 1969
in Zurich, Switzerland
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Seneca, Marcel Proust, Montaigne, Stendhal, Gustave Flaubert
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The Art of Travel
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2002
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The Consolations of Philosophy
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2000
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
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1997
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On Love
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1994
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Status Anxiety
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2004
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The Architecture of Happiness
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2006
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
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2009
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A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author), Richard Baker 3.54 avg rating — 777 ratings
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2009
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The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel
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1988
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Kiss & Tell
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1994
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"Adolescents who can't get a date are in a uniquely privileged position: They will have the perfect chance to get grounding in world literature. There is perhaps an important connection between love and reading, there is perhaps a comparable pleasure offered by both." ...More
"Adolescents who can't get a date are in a uniquely privileged position: They will have the perfect chance to get grounding in world literature. There is perhaps an important connection between love and reading, there is perhaps a comparable pleasure offered by both." ...More
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"I started off writing books because it was the cheapest and easiest option. All i needed was a desk and a computer. I despaired of being able to be 'm...more
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“That said, deciding to avoid other people does not necessarily equate with having no desire whatsoever for company; it may simply reflect a dissatisfaction with what—or who—is available. Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards. In Chamfort's words, 'It is sometimes said of a man who lives alone that he does not like society. This is like saying of a man that he does not like going for walks because he is not fond of walking at night in the forêt de Bondy.”
― Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
― Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety
“We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.”
― Alain de Botton, On Love
― Alain de Botton, On Love
“One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy.”
― Alain de Botton
― Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton is writing A Week At The Airport A Heathrow Diary live at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport the week of August 17, 2009. What do you think?
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Thank you for accepting my friendship. That you have written so many insightful books and you are my age is a constant source depresses me to no end.
