Sandhya

“The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“In love one should exercise economy of intercourse. None of us can love for ever. Love will be stronger and will last longer if there are impediments of its gratification. If a lover is prevented from enjoying his love by absence, difficulty of access, or by the caprice or coldness of his beloved, he can find a little consolation in the thought that when his wishes are fulfilled his delight will be intense. But love being what it is, should there be no hindrances, he will pay no attention to the considerations of prudence; and his punishment will be satiety. The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer's Notebook

“What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Points of View: Five Essays

“Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil