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Life gives us no such handy markers - a storm comes, and far from this being a harbinger of death and collapse, during its course a person discovers love and truth, beauty and happiness, the rain lashing at the windows all the while.

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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