Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.
W. Somerset MaughamThe subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.
W. Somerset MaughamWas it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment.
W. Somerset MaughamYet magic is no more than the art of employing consciously invisible means to produce visible effects. Will, love and imagination are magic powers that everyone possesses; and whoever knows how to develop them to their fullest extent is a magician. Magic has but one dogma, namely, that the seen is the measure of the unseen.
W. Somerset Maugham