Author: Simon Van Booy

Quotes

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.

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.

- Simon Van Booy

Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.

Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.

- Simon Van Booy

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.

- Simon Van Booy

I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.

I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.

- Simon Van Booy

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

- Simon Van Booy

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

- Simon Van Booy

When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.

When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.

- Simon Van Booy

Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do.

Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do.

- Simon Van Booy

I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously.

I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously.

- Simon Van Booy

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