The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible.
Alain de BottonPeople who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too.
Alain de BottonThe finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.
Alain de BottonThe inability to live in the present lies in the fear of leaving the sheltered position of anticipation or memory, and so of admitting that this is the only life that one is ever likely (heavenly intervention aside) to live.
Alain de Botton