Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
--Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), quoted in Conversations with Willie (1978) by his nephew Robin Maugham (1916-1981)
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- Those who are near me do not know
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- Turn your face to the sun
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- The first days of grief are not the worst
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Somerset Maugham: Have nothing to do with death
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
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