Simon Van Booy
Simon Van Booy
Simon Van Booy is a British-American writer who lives in the United States. He grew up in rural Wales, but has lived in Kentucky, Paris, Athens, New York City and the Hamptons. Love Begins in Winter won the 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
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I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.
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The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.
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This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.
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Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do.
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I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously.
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Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.
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I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.
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As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn't control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing into someone who could take care of a toddler on his own may have caused me to overcompensate a little.
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We see in others what we want and what we fear.
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Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine.
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We touched with a softness that pushed through the skin into memory, like arms plunged into a river - we could feel the weight of each other's stones.
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I didn’t know who she was, but I had this fire inside me for someone I knew existed.
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Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone.
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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.