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We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.

W. Somerset Maugham

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I´m not going to bring a child into the world, and love her, and bring her up, just so that some man may want to sleep with her so much that he’s willing to provide her with board and lodging for the rest of her life.
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Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead.
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It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.
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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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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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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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When a woman loves you she’s not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she’s weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.
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There are two good things in life – freedom of thought and freedom of action.
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Action Freedom Good Thing Thought Two
If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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Now the answer … is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.
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Answer Face Life Meaning Men Most Plain Reason Unpalatable
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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Ask Criticism Only People Praise Want

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