The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.
W. Somerset MaughamReverie is the groundwork of creative imagination; it is the privilege of the artist that with him it is not as with other men an escape from reality, but the means by which he accedes to it.
W. Somerset MaughamFew misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
W. Somerset Maugham