She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast str…

W. Somerset Maugham
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She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious. ✨ A Writer's Notebook. Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1946.
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She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious. ✨ A Writer's Notebook. Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1946.

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