Love is an incurable disease. In love, there is permanent suffering. Those who love and those who are happy are not the same.
Alain de BottonThe arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that.
Alain de BottonThe good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children.
Alain de BottonI went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there.
Alain de Botton