William Somerset Maugham
"What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature."
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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
"We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person."
"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
"Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species."