Quotes by

Katherine Mansfield

I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face. – Katherine Mansfield

Its a terrible thing to be alone – yes it is – it is – but dont lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath – as terrible as you like – but a mask. – Katherine Mansfield

Risk! Risk anything! 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

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. – Katherine Mansfield

How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you — you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences — like rags and shreds of your very life. – Katherine Mansfield

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody’s fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind. – Katherine Mansfield

Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart — oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape — of your sister. – Katherine Mansfield

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. – Katherine Mansfield

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. – Katherine Mansfield