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Moments Quotes by Alain de Botton
- Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can't believe in any of it.
- We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.
- It is no coincidence that the Western attraction to sublime landscapes developed at precisely the moment when traditional beliefs in God began to wane.
- A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments.
- There are things that are not spoken about in polite society. Very quickly in most conversations you'll reach a moment where someone goes, 'Oh, that's…
- 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…
- Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
- The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure. One can have so-called spiritual moments without belief in the…
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