The past was finished; let the dead bury their dead.
W. Somerset MaughamIf the future was so vague it meant perhaps that she was destined never to see it.
W. Somerset MaughamIt was as though the house had been left empty but a minute before and yet that minute was fraught with eternity so that you could not imagine that ever again that house would echo with talk and resound with laughter.
W. Somerset MaughamLet me be frank just this once, father. I've been foolish and wicked and hateful. I've been terribly punished. I'm determined to save my daughter from all that. I want her to be fearless and frank. I want her to be a person, independent of others because she is possessed of herself, and I want her to take life like a free man and make a better job of it than I have.
W. Somerset MaughamIt’s hard not to be impatient with the absurdity of the young; they tell us that two and two make four as though it had never occurred to us, and they’re disappointed if we can’t share their surprise when they have discovered that a hen lays an egg. There’s a lot of nonsense in their ranting and raving, but it’s not all nonsense. One ought to sympathize with them; one ought to do one’s best to understand. One has to remember how much has to be forgotten and how much has to be learnt when for the first time one faces life. It’s not very easy to give up one’s ideals, and the brute facts of every day are bitter pills to swallow. The spiritual conflicts of adolescence can be very severe and one can do little to resolve them.
W. Somerset MaughamMots clés youth adolescence
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
W. Somerset Maughamhere’s always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
W. Somerset MaughamJust as the embryo recapitulates in brief the evolution of the species, so did Suzanne recapitulate all the styles of her lovers.
W. Somerset MaughamIt is always distressing when outraged morality does not possess the strength of arm to administer direct chastisement on the sinner.
W. Somerset MaughamI have always been a little disconcerted by the passion women have for behaving beautifully at the deathbed of those they love. Sometimes it seems as if they grudge the longevity which postpones their chance of an effective scene.
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