Quotes
Authors
Louis Simpson
"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." --
Source : Louis Simpson (2003). “The Owner of the House: New Collected Poems, 1940-2001”, p.293, BOA Editions, Ltd.
Louis Simpson
#Men Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
#People Quotes
“Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to business.”
“How is it I know this little about the boy who says he loves me-”
“You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can’t give yourself”
“I think I'm more concerned with things that are very big and things that are very small than with all the stuff in between.”
Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.75, Canongate Books
“I look through the grave into heaven.”
“The whole wood seemed running now, running hard, hunting, chasing, closing in round something or - somebody? In panic, he began to run too, aimlessly, he knew not whither.”
“You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.”