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“ The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness. ”

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One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy.

~ Alain De Botton

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

~ Alain De Botton

There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.

~ Alain De Botton

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

~ Alain De Botton