Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mou... - W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
"Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy."
"Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy."
"What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you."
"Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was providing himself with a refuge from all the distress of life; he did not know either that he was creating for himself an unreal world which would make the real world of every day a source of bitter disappointment."
"I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."
"I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing."
"Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant."