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He did not mean to depress us, rather to free us from expectations which inspire bitterness. It is consoling, when love has let us down, to hear that happiness was never part of the plan.
Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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