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William Boyd Quotes

William Boyd, CBE is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter.

✵ 7. March 1952
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Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
William Boyd
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart
William Boyd
William Boyd: 3 quotes1 like

Famous William Boyd Quotes

“We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We love ourselves, in fact.”

William Boyd

Source: Cork

“It's true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We're all busy people, we can't spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a friendship is if it can weather these inevitable gaps.”

William Boyd book Any Human Heart

Source: Any Human Heart

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