It is the tale, not he who tells it.
Somebody asked Somerset Maugham about his place in the pantheon of writers, and he said, "I'm in the very front row of the second rate." I'm sort of haunted by that.
Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear
You have to go where the book leads you.
Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark
But sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. [...] True sorrow is as rare as true love.