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Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

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Simon Van Booy
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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Young
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Royal
Irony
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Beauty

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Hands have their own language.
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I suppose the key to a good life is to gently overlook the truth and hope that at any moment we can all be reborn.
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Some studies show that we're physically attracted, like animal attraction, to people that have a different immune system to us. So even though I love cologne, it's probably keeping me from finding a good mate.
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I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.
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You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.
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For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.
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When Bach died some of his children sold his scores to the butcher they had decided the paper was more useful for wrapping meat. In a small village in Germany a father brought home a limp goose wrapped in paper that was covered with strange and beautiful symbols.
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If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.
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It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them.
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There are some lies that, under the right circumstances, are the only truth
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Life just swallows you up, doesn't it?Just swallows you up with its everyday things
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It’s the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt.
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I 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.
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But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt. Beauty is the shadow of imperfection.
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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.
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Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land.
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I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.
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Sometimes, language is the sound of longing
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Dreamers conquered the world long ago.
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Love between strangers takes only a few seconds and can last a whole life.
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