Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.
Alain de BottonDistress at losing an object can be as much a frustration at the intellectual mystery of the disappearance as about the loss itself.
Alain de BottonAlthough I don't believe in God, Bach's music shows me what a love of God must feel like.
Alain de BottonA 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.
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