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Simon Van Booy is a British writer born in 1975. His works are known for their concise language and profound emotions, which have won him a wide audience.

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Famous Simon Van Booy Quotes

“Even if you have loved only once in your life, you're ruined.”

Ifs Ruined

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

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

Ifs Crush Masterpiece

Book:The Illusion of Separateness

Source: The Illusion of Separateness

“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.”

Ifs Happens Beautiful Wonder Late Things Happen Too Late Right Time

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Would Be Memories Disappointment Defined Prisoner Can't Change

Book:The Illusion of Separateness

Source: The Illusion of Separateness

“If there is such a thing as marriage, it takes place long before the ceremony; in a car on the way to the airport; or as a gray bedrooms fills with dawn, one lover watching the other; or as two strangers stand together in the rain with no bus in sight, arms weighed down with shopping bags. You don't know then. But later you realize - that was the moment.”

Ifs Knows Way Long Two Moments Together Realizing Car Arms Lovers Rain Sight Stranger Dawn Bags Gray Bus Shopping Bedroom Ceremony One Love Airports

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“When somebody leaves this plane—or, if you like, goes into another room—those left behind sometimes try and stop loving—but this is a mistake, because even if you have loved only once in your life, you’re ruined.”

Ifs Trying Sometimes Left Rooms Behinds Mistake Planes Ruined Left Behind Loving Life

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“I want to feel it somehow happened like that because things happen for a reason. I want to believe this more than anything because if it were just an accident, then God must have died before he could finish the world.”

Ifs World Want Feels Believe Reason Happens Happened Died Accidents Things Happen Happens For A Reason

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

About the Author

Born: 1975
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 88

Books & Sources

The Secret Lives of People in LoveRelated source material

The Illusion of SeparatenessRelated source material

Everything Beautiful Began AfterRelated source material

Love Begins in Winter: Five StoriesRelated source material

SipsworthRelated source material

The Coming and Going of StrangersRelated source material

The Secret Lives of People in Love: Love Begins in WinterRelated source material

The Secret Lives of People in Love: StoriesRelated source material

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