Alain de Botton Quote

Though the terrain of frustration may be vast — from a stubbed toe to an untimely death — at the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality.


Chapter III, Consolation For Frustration, p. 80. - The Consolations of Philosophy (2000)


Though the terrain of frustration may be vast — from a stubbed toe to an untimely death — at the heart of every frustration lies a basic...

Though the terrain of frustration may be vast — from a stubbed toe to an untimely death — at the heart of every frustration lies a basic...

Though the terrain of frustration may be vast — from a stubbed toe to an untimely death — at the heart of every frustration lies a basic...

Though the terrain of frustration may be vast — from a stubbed toe to an untimely death — at the heart of every frustration lies a basic...