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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/for-people-may-not-know-what-they-think-about-politics-in-the-balkans/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

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## More by Louis Simpson

> [“These wars have been so great, they are forgotten Like the Egyptian dynasts. My confrere In whose thick boots I stood, were you amazed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/these-wars-have-been-so-great-they-are-forgotten-like-the-egyptian/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/the-open-road-goes-to-the-used-car-lot/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/it-s-complicated-being-an-american-having-the-money-and-the-bad/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [I gave no prescriptions, And those who have taken my moods for prophecies Mistake the matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/i-gave-no-prescriptions-and-those-who-have-taken-my-moods-for/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/for-people-may-not-know-what-they-think-about-politics-in-the-balkans/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle, but to make them long for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/the-aim-of-military-training-is-not-just-to-prepare-men-for-battle/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/all-that-grave-weight-of-america-cancelled-like-greece-and-rome-the/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [Paranoia imposes its own vision on the external world; it differs from other kinds of visionary experience in that the paranoid wants others to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/paranoia-imposes-its-own-vision-on-the-external-world-it-differs-from/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/the-treasures-of-cathay-were-never-found-in-this-america-this/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [In my grandmother's house there was always chicken soup And talk of the old country--mud and boards, Poverty, The snow falling down and necks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/in-my-grandmother-s-house-there-was-always-chicken-soup-and-talk-of/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [“Do not write. I am sad, and want my light put out. Summers in your absence are as dark as a room. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/do-not-write-i-am-sad-and-want-my-light-put-out-summers-in-your/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

> [Being shelled is the main work of an infantry soldier, which no one talks about. Everyone has his own way of going about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-simpson/being-shelled-is-the-main-work-of-an-infantry-soldier-which-no-one/)

[Louis Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-simpson/)

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