Essays In Love

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We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull.

In his words, “ I appreciated how novels could generate emotion, moving you, perhaps to tears, through characters with some of the quality and immediacy of real-life acquaintances. I know I keep saying this but de Botton articulated a lot of things I’ve been thinking about regarding romance, especially the end of a relationship. Alain de Botton is the author of a number of books that try to throw light on the big challenges of our lives. And that is already illogical thinking because duh doy, of course, such a person doesn’t exist (*sigh*) and I, as Bo Burnham said, have to lower my expectations.When you realise that you’re starting to move on, I think it can be a little sad that this person doesn’t have as strong an effect on you anymore. I think my problem with this book was my expectation; I thought it would be thoughtful essays on the subject of love. I didn’t think neurotypical or those without mental health conditions resorted to such thoughts too.

A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London, and so begins a love story - from first kiss to first argument, elation to heartbreak, and everything in between. I know I wouldn’t reject someone if they reciprocated my feelings solely on the basis of them loving me. To have killed myself would have been to forget that I would be too dead to derive any pleasure from the melodrama of my own extinction.And I’m pretty damn certain that all of us could do with hearing how much we are loved simply for being ourselves. So, to have it written that even the best relationships don’t have that element of complete vulnerability was heartening. I’m also very good at nursing grudges so that and my disappointed idealism are a devastating combination. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.