“The tragedy of love is indifference”
– W. Somerset Maugham
“Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.”
– W. Somerset Maugham
“As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Moon And Sixpence
“He did not care upon what terms he satisfied his passion. He had even a mad, melodramatic idea to drug her.”
– Maugham. W. Somerset
“Poor slut, I think she loves me,’ said Gray, his eyes closed.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Razor’s Edge
“I shall beat you,’ he said, looking at her.How else should I know you loved me,’ she answered.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Moon And Sixpence
“She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Painted Veil
“If a man hasn’t what’s necessary to make a woman love him, it’s his fault, not hers.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Painted Veil
“Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Moon And Sixpence
“Love is what happens to men and women who don’t know each other.”
– W. Somerset Maugham
“It was such rapture that it was pain. She adored him.”
– W Somerset Maugham
“One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one’s life with her.”
W. Somerset Maugham – The Painted Veil
“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.”
– W. Somerset Maugham