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 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 paperboyspeople Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you. Simon Van Booy masterpiececrushifs 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-lovefiremen 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 distancelove-isthinking 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 absencelove-youpeople 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-lifekeyslife-is I didn’t know who she was, but I had this fire inside me for someone I knew existed. Simon Van Booy fire-insidefireknows I wanted to explain that trusting is harder than being trusted. Simon Van Booy being-trustedharderwanted I don’t see the point of truth anymore, it causes just as much heartbreak as lying. Simon Van Booy causeslying Dreamers conquered the world long ago. Simon Van Booy long-agodreamerlong It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them. Simon Van Booy hurts-someoneimaginehurt Coincidences mean you're on the right path. Simon Van Booy coincidence-in-lifedestinymean 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 imperfectionshadowtrying 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-forgetwantpeople 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 lonelyrainfall For those who are lost, there will always be cities that feel Simon Van Booy citieshomelost Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in the Simon Van Booy alivelonelinesspersons Death is the most sophisticated form of beauty, and the most difficult to accept. Simon Van Booy sophisticatedformaccepting Perhaps we were each allotted only a certain amount of love - enough for only an initial meeting - a serendipitous clumsiness. When it leaves to find others, the difficulty begins because we are faced with our humanness, our past, our very being. Simon Van Booy clumsinessenoughpast
