Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 58, p. 213
Quotes from book
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham first published in April 15th, 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 142
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 44, p. 157
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 1, p. 8
“We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.”
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 38, p. 129
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 42, p. 147
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 17, p. 64
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 11, p. 39
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 8, p. 31
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 14, p. 54
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 43, p. 154
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 2, p. 11
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 6, p. 22
“The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.”
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 41, p. 140
“I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.”
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 21, p. 79
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 33, p. 119
Source: The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Ch. 17, p. 63
