But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second-hand they can be of small service to you.


The partial view (ed. London, Heinemann, 1954)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at...

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at...

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at...

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at...