Quotes by Simon Van Booy

About Simon Van Booy:

Simon Van Booy is a British-American writer who lives in the United States. He grew up in rural Wales, but has lived in Kentucky, Paris, Athens, New York City and the Hamptons. Love Begins in Winter won the 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.
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Should you ever feel too lonely...listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who've been and all those who are to come.

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The very best and the very worst of life will come from [their] ability to love strangers.

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But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt. Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.

Simon Van Booy

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

Simon Van Booy

Death is the most sophisticated form of beauty, and the most difficult to accept.

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The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

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Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in the universe, except that everyone else is still here.

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The love of a man is like a drop of color into something clear.

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You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

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If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

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Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night.

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Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.

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She said that one day they would be very old, that the world would be a different place, but it would always be their world, and that the time apart now would be a nightmare from which they would recover - desperation buried under years of happiness.

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Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.

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Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine.

Simon Van Booy

In the end I didn't know who I was crying for, but it was something my body wanted to do, as though trying to digest grief.

Simon Van Booy

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

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Dave once asked me what blind people dream about. Mostly in sound and feeling, I replied. At night I fall in love with a voice, and then wake to a feeling of physical loss. Sometimes I close my eyes to a chorus of “Happy Birthday!” The smell of c...

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He might be famous (local newspaper or television) for finding it, true—but if fame takes away the thing it celebrates, then Sebastien would prefer the inspired silence. We’re all famous in our own hearts anyway.

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Where are people going? I wonder what they hope will happen and what they are afraid of? For me it’s the same thing and has to do with being loved.

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Author Bio

  • NameSimon Van Booy
  • DescriptionNovelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, designer.
  • Born1975
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor; Novelist