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Louis Simpson
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“When I was in hospital I found I could hardly read or writ. In these circumstances I began to write poems. I found that poetry was the only kind of writing in which I could express my thoughts. One night I dreamed I was lying on the bank of a canal, under machine gun fire. The next morning I wrote it out , Carentan O Caretan, and as I wrote I realized it was not a dream, but the memory of my first time under fire”
Louis Simpson (1923–2012) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Poetry of War 1939-45 ed. Ian Hamilton, London 1965
“Where is the Mississippi panorama And the girl who played the piano? Where are you, Walt? The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.”
Louis Simpson (1923–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All that grave weight of America Cancelled! Like Greece and Rome. The future in ruins! JH Honesty seems to me to be the best legacy I can leave the world.”
Louis Simpson (1923–2012) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Walt Whitman at Bear Mountain (l. 35-37) (1962)
“It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time. Perhaps, after all, this is not the right subject for a poem.”
Louis Simpson (1923–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Lawn at the Villa (l. 14-16) (1980) It is not your job to like me, it is mine.
“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.”
Louis Simpson (1923–2012) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chocolates (l. 18-22) (1980)
“I did not wish to protest against war. My object was to remember. I wanted people to find in my poems the truth of what it had been like to be an American infantry soldier. Now I see I was writing a memorial of those years, for the me I had known, who were silent.”
Louis Simpson (1923–2012) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Poetry of War ed. Ian Hamilton , London 1945