W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

“He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with the one than happiness with the other.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

topic:love happiness misery

“There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

topic:love woman

“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

topic:love men

“Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

topic:love women

“the important thing was to love rather than to be loved”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

topic:love importance

“This love was a torment, and he resented bitterly the subjugation in which it held him; he was a prisoner and he longed for freedom.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

topic:love

“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.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

topic:love women satisfaction

“It was impossible that he did not love her still. Did you cease to love a person because you had been treated cruelly?”

― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

topic:love cruelty

“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

topic:love marriage

“She had no mercy. He looked at her neck and thought how he would like to jab it with the knife he had for his muffin. He knew enough anatomy to make pretty certain of getting the carotid artery. And at the same time he wanted to cover her pale,...”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

topic:love hate

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