Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given th…

Alain de Botton
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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. ✨ The Consolations of Philosophy. Book by Alain de Botton (Chapter IV Consolation For Inadequacy, p. 148), 2000.
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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. ✨ The Consolations of Philosophy. Book by Alain de Botton (Chapter IV Consolation For Inadequacy, p. 148), 2000.

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