6 Quotes by Louis Simpson

The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.

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

Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his own way of going about it. In general, it means lying face down and contracting your body into as small a space as possible.

All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!

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.

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