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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

“Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land.”

Language Love Is Land Maps Surviving

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Language allows us to reach out to people, to touch them with our innermost fears, hopes, disappointments, victories. To reach out to people we'll never meet. It's the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: The history of how you felt.”

People Children Language Felt Victory Our Children Disappointment Legacy Your Children Loved Ones Reach Out

Book:Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories

Source: Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories

“I think music is what language once aspired to be. Music allows us to face God on our own terms because it reaches beyond life.”

Thinking Faces Language Term Music Is

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Sometimes, language is the sound of longing”

Sometimes Language Sound Longing

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Language is like drinking from one's own reflection in still water. We only take from it what we are at the time.”

Stills Language Water Reflection Drinking Still Waters

Book:Everything Beautiful Began After

Source: Everything Beautiful Began After

“Hands have their own language.”

Hands Language

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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