#is

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#childish #evil #explanation #ignore #looked

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.' ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#easy #how #i #know #late

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#egoism #his #insufferable #regard #soul

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#create #down #hill #his #liberation

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#better #considering #did #foolishly #how

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#because #ceased #concern #dead #death

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#bored #distress #misfortune #quickly #recital

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#asterisks #baby #certain #era #followed

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#city #does #fans #film #friendship

Being in love is the only transcendent experience. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#being in love #experience #love #love is #only