Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity… — Simon Van Booy Art Copy Share Image
But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them… — Simon Van Booy Absence Copy Share Image
“My old geography professor once told his class how the music, paintings, sculptures, and books of the world are mirror in which… — Simon Van Booy Mirror Copy Share Image
This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets… — Simon Van Booy Aesthetic Copy Share Image
When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely… — Simon Van Booy Chance Copy Share Image
Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than… — Simon Van Booy Being successful Copy Share Image
I think living with the absence of someone we love is like living in front of a mountain from which a person… — Simon Van Booy Absence Copy Share Image
I think you can love someone and be infatuated with them, too. But infatuation is immediate, while the sort of love in… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Life can unmoor so many feelings; it is a relief we sleep through it. Night unravels the day and reinvents it for… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Perhaps we were each allotted only a certain amount of love - enough for only an initial meeting - a serendipitous clumsiness.… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the… — Simon Van Booy Acceptance Copy Share Image
“We all have different lives, Martin believes – but in the end probably feel the same things, and regret the fear we… — Simon Van Booy Fear Copy Share Image
You can't put a price on the rituals of love, because you never know what will happen next. I suppose fear is… — Simon Van Booy Excitement Copy Share Image
“And he is enchanted by the beauty of small things: hot coffee, wind through an open window, the tapping of rain, a… — Simon Van Booy Beauty Copy Share Image
Every parent, no matter how cultured or sophisticated, will one day succumb to a child's pleas to visit Walt Disney World Resort. — Simon Van Booy Child Copy Share Image
“Those left behind sometimes try and stop loving- but this is a mistake, because even if you have loved only once in… — Simon Van Booy Failure Copy Share Image
“He realized this early on, and realized too that what people think are their lives are merely its conditions. The truth is… — Simon Van Booy Life Copy Share Image
For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help,… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to… — Simon Van Booy Alone Copy Share Image
When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do. — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
