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121 " In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment—we are all defined by something we can’t change. "
― Simon Van Booy , The Illusion of Separateness
122 " She told me that love is when a person introduces you to yourself for the first time. After "
― Simon Van Booy , The Secret Lives of People in Love
123 " When Bach died some of his children sold his scores to the butcher they had decided the paper was more useful for wrapping meat. In a small village in Germany a father brought home a limp goose wrapped in paper that was covered with strange and beautiful symbols. "
― Simon Van Booy , Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories
124 " To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you’ll need to carry on. "
― Simon Van Booy , Everything Beautiful Began After
125 " Winter is for dreaming "
126 " I want the sea to tell them I’ve found someone I want to marry and that I have to say good-bye— "
127 " But war only ends for those who have not been in one. "
― Simon Van Booy , Father's Day
128 " 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. "
129 " Now on a sloping meadow hours into a fresh day, he found himself a desperate man, struggling to free himself from the shackles of a life he had not pursued. And her voice trickled through him, an icicle perpetually melting. "
130 " Lives are staged from within. "
131 " I think most people in the world are decent if they’re not suffering. "
― Simon Van Booy
132 " For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched. The "
133 " Reading reassures us that no matter how alone we might feel, there are many others - spread as wide as history itself - who have felt the same way we have, who have occupied the rooms we find ourselves locked in at various points of our lives. "
134 " I can’t stop thinking that everybody is somebody’s child. "
135 " adrift in private thoughts, anchored to the world by unfamiliar shadows. "
136 " Many things are hard, Danny. Life comes at you in pieces sometimes too big to avoid "
137 " I live in Rome where people sit by fountains and kiss. The sound of water is the sound of love rushing between them. "
138 " I barely remember her, but I am still in love with her ghost. "
139 " Each year is like putting a new coat over all the old ones. Sometimes I reach into the pockets of my childhood and pull things out. "
140 " ...even if you have loved only once in your life, you're ruined. "