"The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground."

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Source : Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.124, BOA Editions, Ltd.

Louis Simpson

#Lonely Quotes #Echoes Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Sin will take you farther than you ever expected to go; it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay, and it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay.”
“At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Choose some sport or other vigorous physical exercise that is consistent with your situation and physical condition and be regular in pursuing it. Get the blood circulating and give your major muscles a workout.”
“I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course”
“... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world, and a champion who does not have the chess world behind him is, in my view, a laughing-stock.”
“I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.”
“With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.”
“While frenetic activity, in the end suiting journos; running at the behest of little press secretaries does not pay off”

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