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Having read a bit by Alain de Botton I am left wondering why I did, and with no desire to read more. Something in his tone reminds me of what Nora Ephron said o
by cafard 6y ago
Having read a bit by Alain de Botton I am left wondering why I did, and with no desire to read more. Something in his tone reminds me of what Nora Ephron said of Brendan Gill's: shall I compare me to a summer's day.
- skim_milk 6y agoHe's also a psychotherapist, so one of the primary jobs he has to fulfill is developing a positive internal voice in his clients, and damned if he sounds like a Mr Rogers for adults at times because of that. Hey it's 2020, apparently a lot of us are reading whatever Alain puts out because we need it, not because we strictly think we're at a point in life we feel like we've reached success and deserve the cheery voices in our head now.