Author: Simon Van Booy

Quotes

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

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

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

There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all.

There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying nothing at all.

- 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

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.

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.

- 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

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

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