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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/alain-de-botton" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Alain de Botton"  src="//izquotes.com/images/alain-de-botton-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/alain-de-botton/booksellers-are-the-most-valuable-destination-for-the-lonely-given-the-numbers-of-books-that-were-21730" class="qlink">Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/alain-de-botton">Alain de Botton</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Chapter IV, Consolation For Inadequacy, p. 148 - The Consolations of Philosophy (2000)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/alain-de-botton/booksellers-are-the-most-valuable-destination-for-the-lonely-given-the-numbers-of-books-that-were-21730',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Falain-de-botton%2Fbooksellers-are-the-most-valuable-destination-for-the-lonely-given-the-numbers-of-books-that-were-21730&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Booksellers+are+the+most+valuable+destination+for+the+lonely%2C+given+the+numbers+of+books...+%28Alain+de+Botton%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Falain-de-botton%2Fbooksellers-are-the-most-valuable-destination-for-the-lonely-given-the-numbers-of-books-that-were-21730',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/alain-de-botton/booksellers-are-the-most-valuable-destination-for-the-lonely-given-the-numbers-of-books-that-were-21730" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/alain-de-botton" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Alain de Botton"  src="//izquotes.com/images/alain-de-botton-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/alain-de-botton/in-britain-because-i-live-here-i-can-also-run-into-problems-of-envy-and-competition-but-all-this-21735" class="qlink">In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/alain-de-botton">Alain de Botton</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/alain-de-botton/in-britain-because-i-live-here-i-can-also-run-into-problems-of-envy-and-competition-but-all-this-21735',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Falain-de-botton%2Fin-britain-because-i-live-here-i-can-also-run-into-problems-of-envy-and-competition-but-all-this-21735&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=In+Britain%2C+because+I+live+here%2C+I+can+also+run+into+problems+of+envy+and+competition.+But...+%28Alain+de+Botton%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Falain-de-botton%2Fin-britain-because-i-live-here-i-can-also-run-into-problems-of-envy-and-competition-but-all-this-21735',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/alain-de-botton/in-britain-because-i-live-here-i-can-also-run-into-problems-of-envy-and-competition-but-all-this-21735" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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