Love Quotes Quote by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I had no illusions about you,' he said. 'I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I knew that your aims and ideals were vulgar and commonplace. But I loved you. I knew that you were second-rate. But I loved you. It's comic when I think how hard I tried to be amused by the things that amused you and how anxious I was to hide from you that I wasn't ignorant and vulgar and scandal-mongering and stupid. I knew how frightened you were of intelligence and I did everything I could to make you think me as big a fool as the rest of the men you knew. I knew that you'd only married me for convenience. I loved you so much, I didn't care. Most people, as far as I can see, when they're in love with someone and the love isn't returned feel that they have a grievance. They grow angry and bitter. I wasn't like that. I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should. I never thought myself very lovable. I was thankful to be allowed to love you and I was enraptured when now and then I thought you were pleased with me or when I noticed in your eyes a gleam of good-humored affection. I tried not to bore you with my love; I knew I couldn't afford to do that and I was always on the lookout for the first sign that you were impatient with my affection. What most husbands expect as a right I was prepared to receive as a favor.”

“If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.”

““Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'”

“In this world, whenever there is light, there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exist, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love.”

““Hades allowed himself the faintest smile, but there was nothing cruel in his eyes.”

“The need for intimacy with the Creator never left us; it was embedded in our very nature.”

“Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.”

“Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”

“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.”