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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

W. Somerset Maugham

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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
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He is not famous. It may be that he never will be. It may be that when his life at last comes to an end he will leave no more trace of his sojourn on earth than a stone thrown into a river leaves on the surface of the water.
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If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
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The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
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You’re intoxicated by the boundless space.
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You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.
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The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
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It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.
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To recognize it you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination.
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Men seek but one thing in life — their pleasure.
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The tragedy of love is not death or separation. How long do you think it would have been before one or other of them ceased to care?
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The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.
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She loved three things – a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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