W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

Quotes

• “I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty...”
• “Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly.Oh, ...”
• “How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize th...”
• “Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and...”
• “One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.”
• “If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.”