“Friction in couples much reduced with an a priori recognition that no one is ever just ‘mean’ or Not Nice. They are hurt. For reasons.”
– Alain de Botton
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Mental health – Alain de Botton
“Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle.”
– Alain de Botton
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Lose our tempers – Alain de Botton
“We often lose our tempers not with those who are actually to blame; just with those who love us enough to forgive us our foul moods.”
– Alain de Botton
“The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.”
– Alain de Botton
“Shyness/social awkwardness: an inability to be oneself stemming from a disbelief that other people might at heart be very much like us.”
– Alain de Botton
“Nagging: a complaint that takes itself insufficiently seriously.”
– Alain de Botton