“ Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us. Simon Van Booy
“ ...I like stories very much,” the priest said. “They help me understand myself better. 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
“ He might be famous (local newspaper or television) for finding it, true—but if fame takes away the thing it celebrates, then Sebastien would prefer the inspired silence. We’re all famous in our own he… Simon Van Booy
“ Should you ever feel too lonely...listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who've been and all those who are to come. Simon Van Booy
“ I was afraid of the sea when I was a girl. Someone said it went on forever and that frightened me. I wondered why my parents had chosen to live at the beginning and the end of the world. Simon Van Booy
“ We all have different lives, Martin believes – but in the end probably feel the same things, and regret the fear we thought might somehow sustain us. Simon Van Booy
“ When he smiles, they mostly look away. But Martin likes to think they carry his smile for a few blocks – that even the smallest gesture is something grand. 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
