"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."

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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 canâ€™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.”

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