W. Somerset Maugham Quote

Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.


Christmas holiday. Up at the villa. The razor's edge (ed. 1953)


Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few...

Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few...

Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few...

Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few...