Quotes from Louis Simpson

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

These wars have been so great, they are forgotten Like the Egyptian dynasts. My confrere In whose thick boots I stood, were you amazed To wander through my brain four decades later As I have wandered in a dream through yours? The violence of waking life disrupts The order of our death. Strange dreams occur, For dreams are licensed as they never were.

It must swim for miles through the desert Uttering cries that are almost human.

It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.

For people may not know what they think about politics in the Balkans, or the vexed question of men and women, but everyone has a definite opinion about the flavour of shredded coconut.

The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.