Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land. Simon Van Booy More Quotes by Simon Van Booy More Quotes From Simon Van Booy Children are the closest we have to wisdom and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious is strained from them. Simon Van Booy finalsadultschildren Every moment is the paradox of now or never. Simon Van Booy now-or-neverparadoxmoments It’s the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt. Simon Van Booy loved-oneslegacychildren They haven't made love for years but sleep holding hands Simon Van Booy sleephandsyears The present grows within the boundaries of the past. Simon Van Booy growsboundariespast Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else. Simon Van Booy recordssuccessfulmean There are some lies that, under the right circumstances, are the only truth Simon Van Booy circumstanceslying Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty. Simon Van Booy ironyroyalwriting 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. And I'm much less likely to be indifferent. For me, indifference is the end of life. Simon Van Booy takenworldthinking Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone. Simon Van Booy undoneviolencelove-is We touched with a softness that pushed through the skin into memory, like arms plunged into a river - we could feel the weight of each other's stones. Simon Van Booy skinsriversmemories Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine. Simon Van Booy desperateroutinecomfort I think you can love someone and be infatuated with them, too. But infatuation is immediate, while the sort of love in the West is something you build with someone. It's a trust. Simon Van Booy infatuationinfatuatedthinking Whether you know it or not, we leave parts of ourselves wherever we go. Simon Van Booy knows Love requires imagination more than experience. Simon Van Booy imagination Where are people going? I wonder what they hope will happen and what they are afraid of? For me it's the same thing and has to do with being loved. Simon Van Booy wonderhappenspeople When I was in my early twenties, I fell in love at least 20 times a day. You have to be with someone where you think: if the world was full of people like you, I could not be monogamous. As you get older, you get to know yourself a little more. The older you get, the more you realize what you need. And you also realize how your choice in relationships is influenced by how you grew up. Now I feel like I've explored the dynamic of how I grew up, and I'm free to find someone who's really going to be a wonderful companion. Simon Van Booy choicespeoplethinking 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 beautifulfatherchildren Music is only a mystery to people who want it explained. Music and love are the same. Simon Van Booy and-lovewantpeople I tried to convey to the boy how people's lives are often altered by curved lines read slowly from paper, sand, or stone. Simon Van Booy paperboyspeople
