Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions.
We must learn to suffer more.
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.
It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.
Very few of us are what we seem.
In California today, you may save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you would by not showering for six entire months.
I think I average one good sulk a week.