“… any of our ideas about love comes from reading novels… essentially we are shaped by the love narratives that we read. … We love within a very historical social context…”
“… romanticism has been a catastrophe to our capacity to have good long-term relationships…”
Alain de Botton: On Love (at the Sydney Opera House, 10 July 2016)
What does he mean? True for you?
Watch and enjoy. 🙂
~ FlorenceT
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