The destination was not really the point. The true desire w… - Alain de Botton

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The destination was not really the point. The true desire was to get away — to go, as he concluded, ‘anywhere! anywhere! so long as it is out of the world!

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton (born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books and television programs discuss various contemporary subjects and themes in a philosophical style, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. De Botton comes from a Sephardic Jewish family, originating from a small Castilian town of Boton (now vanished) on the Iberian peninsula.

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