Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.
Alain de BottonMuch of the really serious trouble in the world gets going with a sense of humiliation.
Alain de BottonIt was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear.
Alain de BottonIn Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.
Alain de Botton