“If the rose at noon has lost the beauty it had at dawn, the beauty it had then was real. Nothing in the world is permanent, & we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it…We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on & other river we step into is cool & refreshing too.”
Somerset Maugham
(The Razor’s Edge)
“One of the difficulties that a man has to cope with as he goes through life is what to do about the persons with whom he has once been intimate & whose interest for him has in due course subsided.”
Somerset Maugham
(Cakes & Ale)
“You must take me as I am, you know.”
Somerset Maugham
