W. Somerset Maugham

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"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."	Anti-God, Books
"Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem."	God, Character
"D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children."	Children
"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit."	Quotations
"I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present."	Time
"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."	Love, Criticism
"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."	Writing
"We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to."	Writing
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