Quotes of W. Somerset Maugham

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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

- W. Somerset Maugham

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“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ Love thy neighbor — and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier. ”

- Mae West

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ the saddest thing is to be a minute to someone, when you've made them your eternity. ”

- Sanober Khan

“ It is time to stop a young woman from being manipulated to break her ass and tear herself down to the core in order to build a man up. Once she builds him up, more than half the time he leaves her to figure out the millionpiece puzzle of life. Wow! It never amazes me how men forget who was there for them when they didn’t have a damn thing to their name. It’s a timeout for that! ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ There are times in life which proves life is wife and wife is life. ”

- Fahad Basheer

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ Every day is your entire life. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”

- Confucius

“ Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ Could you exist just for the art of existence? ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. ”

- Jeffrey McDaniel

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift