“It seemed to him that all his life he had followed the ideals that other people, by their words or their writings, had instilled into him, and never the desires of his own heart. Always his course had been swayed… — W. Somerset Maughamset Maugham Copy Share Image
“He accepted the deformity which had made life so hard for him; he knew that it had warped his character, but no he saw also that by reason of it he had acquired that power of introspection which had given him so much delight. Without it he would never have had his keen appreciation of beauty, his passion for art… — W. Somerset Maughamset Maugham Copy Share
“It seemed to him that all his life he had followed the ideals that other people, by their words or their writings, had instilled… — W. Somerset Maughamset Maugham Copy Share Image
