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 BooyStichwörter: life reading stories
We cross from memory into imagination with only a vague awareness of change.
Simon Van BooyStichwörter: imagination mind memory
Dave once asked me what blind people dream about. Mostly in sound and feeling, I replied. At night I fall in love with a voice, and then wake to a feeling of physical loss. Sometimes I close my eyes to a chorus of “Happy Birthday!” The smell of cake and the sound of feet under the table. I awake in a body that’s too big. I also dream in motion and sensation. My father’s boat and the snore of the mast; the rough fabric of the safety harness and the rip of Velcro. The sun on my legs. And endless stretch of water impossible to imagine.
Simon Van BooyStichwörter: memory emotion feeling blindness sound
Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone.
Simon Van BooyI 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 BooyStichwörter: fear happiness memory disappointment confession
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 BooyStichwörter: life truth meaning lives
We all have different lives, Martin believes – but in the end probably feel the same things, and regret the fear we thought might somehow sustain us.
Simon Van BooyHe might be famous (local newspaper or television) for finding it, true—but if fame takes away the thing it celebrates, then Sebastien would prefer the inspired silence. We’re all famous in our own hearts anyway.
Simon Van BooyStichwörter: fame celebrity famous
When he smiles, they mostly look away. But Martin likes to think they carry his smile for a few blocks – that even the smallest gesture is something grand.
Simon Van BooyStichwörter: happiness smile gestures
Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.
Simon Van BooyStichwörter: life art beauty masterpiece
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