Author: Alain de Botton

Quotes

The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.

The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.

- Alain de Botton

I think a certain degree of pessimism is actually helpful to love.

I think a certain degree of pessimism is actually helpful to love.

- Alain de Botton

I don't want to say that our expectations of love are too high; it's just that if we're to meet them, we have to become a little more self-aware.

I don't want to say that our expectations of love are too high; it's just that if we're to meet them, we have to become a little more self-aware.

- Alain de Botton

I like working with people. I believe change can only come through collaboration.

I like working with people. I believe change can only come through collaboration.

- Alain de Botton

Work is a way of bringing order to chaos, and there's a basic satisfaction in seeing that we are able to make something a little more coherent by the end of the day.

Work is a way of bringing order to chaos, and there's a basic satisfaction in seeing that we are able to make something a little more coherent by the end of the day.

- Alain de Botton

Used to do a lot of falling in love with people, almost in the street, and imagining that there would be no obstacle to a happy love story other than finding the 'right person'.

Used to do a lot of falling in love with people, almost in the street, and imagining that there would be no obstacle to a happy love story other than finding the 'right person'.

- Alain de Botton

Learning to give up on perfection may be just about the most romantic move any of us could make.

Learning to give up on perfection may be just about the most romantic move any of us could make.

- Alain de Botton

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