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Alain de Botton
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http://www.goodreads.com/alaindebotton
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in Zurich, Switzerland
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influences
Seneca, Marcel Proust, Montaigne, Stendhal, Gustave Flaubert
member since
June 2007
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The Art of Travel
— published 2002 — 31 editions |
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The Consolations of Philosophy
— published 2000 — 44 editions |
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
— published 1997 — 44 editions |
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On Love
— published 1993 — 40 editions |
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Status Anxiety
— published 2004 — 35 editions |
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The Architecture of Happiness
— published 2006 — 35 editions |
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Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion
— published 2011 — 27 editions |
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
— published 2008 — 27 editions |
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A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
by Alain de Botton (Goodreads Author), Richard Baker — published 2009 — 19 editions |
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The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel
— published 1994 — 16 editions |
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Interviews
February 2010,
Alain de Botton
"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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"I'm delighted. To answer you honestly, I sometimes don't deal with the difficulties of the writing life well. It is incredibly risky, lonely and frigh...more
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I specially liked your comments on baggage, those who wait at the carousels and the scene in the arrivals hall with "chiefs of...more " |
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“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
“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
“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
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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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Laura
Nov 03, 2011 06:47am
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.
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