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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

W. Somerset Maugham quote: "Unless love is passion, it's not love, but something else; and..."

Unless love is passion, it's not love, but something else; and passion thrives not on satisfaction, but on impediment.

W. Somerset Maugham

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