Simon Van Booy
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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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first-love men flames
Could it be that first love was the only true love? And that after those first fires had been doused or burned out, men and women chose whom they would love based on worldly needs, and then reenacted the rituals and feelings of that first pure experience - nursed the flames that once burned of their own accord
ruined ifs
Even if you have loved only once in your life, you're ruined.
lonely sea should
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.
drinking reflection water
Language is like drinking from one's own reflection in still water. We only take from it what we are at the time.
lonely rain fall
When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.
caused enormous kept lists man naturally order single toddler tyrannical
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.
bullet food knowing libraries ultimate
Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.
large time
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.
case mild parenting sitting
Single parenting is sometimes just a case of sitting around by yourself in mild despair, not knowing what to do.
inspires magical sets theme
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.
cultured disney succumb visit walt
Every parent, no matter how cultured or sophisticated, will one day succumb to a child's pleas to visit Walt Disney World Resort.
christmas finds room
Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.
scribbling
I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.
art dedicate ensuring life longevity museums public save surgeons themselves trying works york
Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.