W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.

W. Somerset Maugham

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• A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Great
  • Belief
  • Common Sense