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.

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Love Quotes

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

The crown of literature is poetry.

The crown of literature is poetry.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

Love is what happens to a man and woman who don't know each other

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love....

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

Beauty is a bit of a bore.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is...

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

To write simply is as difficult as to be good

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches them tolerance.

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...