3 Quotes by W Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

-Oh, don't talk rot. You will marry me, won't you?-D'you think we should be happy?-No. But what does that matter?(471)

Philip knew very little about women, or he would have been aware that one should accept their most transparent lies. (442)

The normal's the one thing you practically never get. That's why it's called the normal. (413)