Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
W. Somerset MaughamIllusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.
W. Somerset MaughamThere are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning.
W. Somerset MaughamIf a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.
W. Somerset MaughamWhen she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.
W. Somerset Maugham