I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.
—Simon Van Booy in The Secret Lives of People in Love
—Simon Van Booy in The Secret Lives of People in Love
Simon Van Booy (born 1975) is an Anglo-American writer, currently living in the United States. His short story collection, Love Begins in Winter, won the 2009 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He was a finalist for the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise.
Love between strangers takes only a few seconds and can last a whole life.
—Simon Van Booy in Love Begins in Winter
Coincidences mean you're on the right path.
—Simon Van Booy in Love Begins in Winter
—Simon Van Booy in The Coming and Going of Strangers