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The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us.

The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us.

Simon van Booy (2014). “Everything Beautiful Began After”, p.42, Oneworld Publications

Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone.

Simon van Booy (2013). “The Illusion of Separateness”, p.101, Oneworld Publications

Language is like drinking from one's own reflection in still water. We only take from it what we are at the time.

Simon Van Booy (2014). “Everything Beautiful Began After”, p.239, Oneworld Publications

It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them.

Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.299, Oneworld Publications

We see in others what we want and what we fear.

Simon Van Booy (2014). “Everything Beautiful Began After”, p.320, Oneworld Publications

I think music is what language once aspired to be. Music allows us to face God on our own terms because it reaches beyond life.

Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.15, Oneworld Publications

I didn’t know who she was, but I had this fire inside me for someone I knew existed.

Simon Van Booy (2007). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, Turtle Point Pr

Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land.

Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.50, Oneworld Publications

Love requires imagination more than experience.

Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.34, Oneworld Publications

Even if you have loved only once in your life, you're ruined.

Simon Van Booy (2007). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, Turtle Point Pr

Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.

Simon van Booy (2013). “The Illusion of Separateness”, p.38, Oneworld Publications

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 (2013). “The Illusion of Separateness”, p.24, Oneworld Publications

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

Simon Van Booy (2014). “Everything Beautiful Began After”, p.11, Oneworld Publications