W. Somerset Maugham

Poor slut, I think she loves me,' said Gray, his eyes closed. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#love

When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself? ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#christianity #god #religion #sacrifice #religion

It does the heart good to look at you. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#inspirational

You poor lonely boy,' she cried, 'it's so dreadful for you to have no parents.' Well, as my mother was a whore, and my father a drunk, I daresay I don't miss much. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#humor

You cannot write unless you write much. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#writers #writing #writing-advice

The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#ideal #names #beauty

I shall beat you,' he said, looking at her. How else should I know you loved me,' she answered. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#love

A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#life #man #death

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#life #art

We Americans... like change. It is at once our weakness and our strength. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#change #change