Life gives us no such handy markers - a storm comes, and far from this being a harbinger of death and collapse, during its course a person discovers love and truth, beauty and happiness, the rain lashing at the windows all the while.
Alain de BottonThose who divorce aren't necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person.
Alain de BottonBeing funny should be an incidental byproduct of trying to get to something truthful, not a destination in itself.
Alain de BottonJourneys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.
Alain de Botton