Today, let's explore quotes shared by Alain de Botton.
Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
Maybe this is why I re-read my favorite books and still discover new things in them.
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.
Or they are just dissapointed idealists, really hard to tell sometimes.
Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.
That's also how I see chemistry between two people: Chemistry is when you have to work the least to be the most authentic character. How much you can be yourself depends on who you're with.
The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.
It's always looking to the future, using the past as a spring to push us further.
Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.
Last year, I thought I had nothing to add to a newsletter. Now, look at me; I wrote more than enough for a novella.
One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.
I always look for inspiration in sciences to apply in my life. An example from economics is not to put all your investments in a single place. We should do the same with our energy and interests.
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.
Or maybe they wanted to talk to as many people as possible, thus scaling their thoughts via text.
