Quincey

“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, The Secret Lives of People in Love

“It had rained, she said, and I imagined the beads of small water on the windshield like a thousand eyes, or each drop a small imperfect reflection of a perfect moment.”
― Simon Van Booy, The Secret Lives of People in Love

“Still she wondered: did the present deliver up the future, or must you chase your destiny like a harpoonist?”
― Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories

“When somebody leaves this plane—or, if you like, goes into another room—those left behind sometimes try and stop loving—but this is a mistake, because even if you have loved only once in your life, you’re ruined.”
― Simon Van Booy, The Secret Lives of People in Love