Jamie Millen

“Whether you know it or not, we leave parts of ourselves wherever we go.”
― Simon Van Booy, The Illusion of Separateness

“Loneliness is like being the only person left alive in the
universe, except that everyone else is still here.”
― Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After

“Every moment is the paradox of now or never.”
― Simon Van Booy, Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories

“She'd never trusted her own natural impulses and instincts Among her greatest fears was the possibility that she might never discover and develop her deepest talents and intuitions. Her special gifts. Her life would be wasted in pursuing the goals set for her by other people. Instead, she wanted to reclaim a power and authority - a primitive, irresistible force - that transcended gender roles. She dreamed of wielding a raw magic that predated civilization itself.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Beautiful You