More quotes by Alain de Botton

"We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness..."
"I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it."
"Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them."
"Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope."
"One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy."