alain de botton

i came across this in my readings and it stuck with me, of all the things i read, this was the quote i remember


lovers practise a form of rudeness that is generally impossible outside of open warfare




and the quote was following a small paragraph:
'she: you don't like intelligent women, that's why you're disagreeing with me
he: i do like intelligent women, but sadly you're not one of them'


from on seeing and noticing,
penguin 2005