We see in others what we want and what we fear. Simon Van Booy More Quotes by Simon Van Booy More Quotes From Simon Van Booy 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 paper boys people Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you. Simon Van Booy masterpiece crush ifs Could it be that first love was the only true love? And that after those first fires had been doused or burned out, men and women chose whom they would love based on worldly needs, and then reenacted the rituals and feelings of that first pure experience - nursed the flames that once burned of their own accord Simon Van Booy first-love fire men 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. Simon Van Booy distance love-is thinking But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them with all the love you've built up in their absence? Simon Van Booy absence love-you people I suppose the key to a good life is to gently overlook the truth and hope that at any moment we can all be reborn. Simon Van Booy good-life keys life-is I didn’t know who she was, but I had this fire inside me for someone I knew existed. Simon Van Booy fire-inside fire knows I wanted to explain that trusting is harder than being trusted. Simon Van Booy being-trusted harder wanted I don’t see the point of truth anymore, it causes just as much heartbreak as lying. Simon Van Booy causes lying Dreamers conquered the world long ago. Simon Van Booy long-ago dreamer long It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them. Simon Van Booy hurts-someone imagine hurt Coincidences mean you're on the right path. Simon Van Booy coincidence-in-life destiny mean But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt. Simon Van Booy imperfection shadow trying The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us. Simon Van Booy passion I want to do things for people they will never forget. Maybe that’s the best thing I can do in life. Simon Van Booy never-forget want people When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched. Simon Van Booy lonely rain fall For those who are lost, there will always be cities that feel Simon Van Booy cities home lost Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in the Simon Van Booy alive loneliness persons Death is the most sophisticated form of beauty, and the most difficult to accept. Simon Van Booy sophisticated form accepting 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. Simon Van Booy loving-life mistake trying
