A review by wicked_sassy
The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy

5.0

"Rain says everything we cannot say to one another. It is an ancient sound that willed all life into being, but fell so long upon nothing." p. 62

"Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone." p. 101

"She came to Glasgow International Airport, and watched him inch along the security line. He knew that he would never come back to live in Scotland and felt the pull of another home that cold never truly be his." p. 141

"He would not have described himself as lonely, but would have admitted that something was missing. He often sat at his kitchen counter wondering what it could be, watching his dogs sleep, watching them breathe, their small hearts turning and opening like locks." p. 149