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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

“I think living with the absence of someone we love is like living in front of a mountain from which a person - a speck in the distance, on some distance ridge - is perpetually waving.”

Thinking Persons Love Is Fronts Mountain Distance Absence Love Is Like Specks Ridges

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Love between strangers takes only a few seconds and can last a whole life.”

Whole Lasts Love Is Stranger Whole Life Seconds

Book:The Secret Lives of People in Love

Source: The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone.”

Love Is Violence Undone

Book:The Illusion of Separateness

Source: The Illusion of Separateness

“You can't put a price on the rituals of love, because you never know what will happen next. I suppose fear is part of the excitement and we can't have one without the other.”

Knows Happens Next Love Is Excitement Ritual

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

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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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