毛姆面纱经典语录英文
毛姆的女性观 杜鹃 盛誉下的孤独者——毛姆传 天堂之魔 毛姆传 ?作者: 特德·摩根 / Ted Morgan 《毛姆传：毛姆的私密生活》[英]塞丽娜?黑斯廷斯 William Maugham Biography - William Maugham Childhood, LifeW。 Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaW。 SOMERSET MAUGHAM: A BiographyMaugham: A Biography: Ted MorganBritish Empire: Biographies: Somerset Maugham[英] 赛琳娜·黑斯廷斯《毛姆传》。
"I had no illusions about you," he said. "I knew you were silly and frivolous and empty-headed. But I loved you. I knew that your aims and ideals were vulgar and commonplace. But I loved you. I knew that you were second-rate. But I loved you. It's comic when I think how hard I tried to be amused by the things that amused you and how anxious I was to hide from you that I wasn't ignorant and vulgar and scandal-mongering and stupid. I knew how frightened you were of intelligence and I did everything I could to make you think me as big a fool as the rest of the men you knew. I knew that you'd only married me for convenience. I loved you so much, I didn't care. Most people, as far as I can see, when they're in love with someone and the love isn't returned feel that they have a grievance. They grow angry and bitter. I wasn't like that. I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should, I never thought myself very lovable. I was thankful to be allowed to love you and I was enraptured when now and then I thought you were pleased with me or when I noticed in your eyes a gleam of good-humoured affection. I tried not to bore you with my love; I knew I couldn't afford to do that and I was always on the lookout for the first sign that you were impatient with my affection. What most husbands expect as a right I was prepared to receive as a favour."