Alain de Botton quote: What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places ...

What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty.

~ Alain de Botton ~

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