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Katherine Mansfield Quotes

Katherine Mansfield quotes

New zealander Author October 14, 1888 – January 9, 1923

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Katherine Mansfield quote: "You have never been curious about me; you never wanted to..."
You have never been curious about me; you never wanted to explore my soul. Katherine Mansfield
She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked round her. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: "When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we..."
When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: "Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends..."
Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to be a writer can afford to indulge in it. Katherine Mansfield
I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: "It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves."
It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. Katherine Mansfield
We might be fifty, we might be five, So snug, so compact, so wise are we! Under the kitchen-table leg. My knee is pressing against his knee. Katherine Mansfield
Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Katherine Mansfield
I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: " always with that magical child air about her, that delightful..."
... always with that magical child air about her, that delightful sense of perpetually attending a party. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: "I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want..."
I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: " but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate..."
... but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people. Katherine Mansfield
Oh, impossible. Fancy cream puffs so soon after breakfast. The very idea made one shudder. All the same, two minutes later Jose and Laura were licking their fingers with that absorbed inward look that only comes from whipped cream. Katherine Mansfield
But one day we shall be rich, and the next poor. One day we shall dine in a palace and the next we'll sit in a forest and toast mushrooms on a hatpin…. Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield quote: "This is not a letter but my arms about you for a brief moment."
This is not a letter but my arms about you for a brief moment. Katherine Mansfield

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