He knew that all things human are transitory and therefore that it mus…

W. Somerset Maugham
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He knew that all things human are transitory and therefore that it must cease one day or another. He looked forward to that day with eager longing. Love was like a parasite in his heart, nourishing a hateful existence on his life's blood; it absorbed his existence so intensely that he could take pleasure in nothing else. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2016). Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics), p.416, Diversion Books
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