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Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.

Alain de Botton

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It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.
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True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning.
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Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.
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We need objects to remind us of the commitments we’ve made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we’re in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.
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There is a longing for a return to a time without the need for choices, free of the regret at the inevitable loss that all choice (however wonderful) has entailed.
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There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.
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Most of what makes a book ‘good’ is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
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Most good thinking has its origin in fear.
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Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.
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The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.
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Challenge Human Interest More Now Smartphone
The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.
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You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.
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Bash Daffodil Day Have Nice Normal Sunset
Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.
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Act Best Most Revenge Victory Way
There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.
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Socrates, on being insulted in the marketplace, asked by a passerby, “Don’t you worry about being called names?” retorted, “Why? Do you think I should resent it if an ass had kicked me?
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Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day.
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