Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in wh…

W. Somerset Maugham
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Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2009). The Painted Veil, p.145, Random House
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Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither. ✨ W. Somerset Maugham (2009). The Painted Veil, p.145, Random House

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