“ He realized this early on, and realized too that what people think are their lives are merely its conditions. The truth is closer than thought and lies buried in what we already know. Simon Van Booy
“ Sometimes I wake up and lie still enough to hear a petal drop from the vase of flowers. Sometimes I lie awake and wish there was someone to hear my falling. Simon Van Booy
“ That's truth, Harvey, not what's written on a piece of paper or in blood too small to see - but the memory of how it felt being together. Simon Van Booy
“ In the end I didn't know who I was crying for, but it was something my body wanted to do, as though trying to digest grief. Simon Van Booy
“ Your grief is something to be admired – the pain of severance. A scar where something used to be. Simon Van Booy
“ You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will. Simon Van Booy
“ 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.Beauty is the shadow of imperfection. Simon Van Booy
“ Life had called his name, and without thinking, he had stepped forward. He wondered if perhaps he was becoming the person he had always wanted to be. Simon Van Booy
“ I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change. Simon Van Booy
