Of Human Bondage Quotes

“The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“I wonder if you're not over-sensitive about your misfortune. Has it ever struck you to thank God for it? As long as you accept it rebelliously it can only cause you shame. But if you looked upon it as a cross that was given you to bear only because your shoulders were strong enough to bear it, a sign of God's favour, then it would be a source of happiness to you instead of misery.”
― W Somerset Maugham

“She loved him now with a new love because he had made her suffer.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“because they were humans they were unsatisfied”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage