Simon Van Booy quotes

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)
Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian. View quote
Simon Van Booy
This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it. View quote
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As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn't control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing into someone who could take care of a toddler on his own may have caused me to overcompensate a little. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I once saved someone from drowning. View quote
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In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom. View quote
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The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world. (Simon Van Booy)
The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible. View quote
Simon Van Booy
I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper. View quote
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I find hunger more interesting than accomplishment. View quote
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Everything that we love will, at some point, be taken away from us. If I think about everyone I love eventually being taken away from me by death, or simply by getting lost from each other in the world, it makes me value them much more now. View quote
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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. View quote
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Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do. View quote
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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. View quote
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Shoes are a neutral blessing for us because feet generally aren't regarded as a place where the battle for self-esteem is won or lost. Feet don't change size when the body does through the natural ageing process. View quote
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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. View quote
Simon Van Booy
For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched. (Simon Van Booy)
Hands have their own language. View quote
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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. View quote
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The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence. View quote
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I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful. View quote
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Simon Van Booy

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Photo: Darrenbooy, GFDL
Occupation: British Writer
Born: 1975
Quotes count: 75

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