"These wars have been so great, they are forgotten Like the Egyptian dynasts. My confrere In whose thick boots I stood, were you amazed To wander through my brain four decades later As I have wandered ..."
- Louis Simpson
"The Open Road goes to the used-car lot."
"Do not write. I am sad, and want my light put out.Summers in your absence are as dark as a room.I have closed my arms again. They must do without.To knock at my heart is like knocking at a tomb. Do no..."
"The aim of military training is not just to prepare men for battle but to make them long for it."