Katherine Mansfield Quotes
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Katherine Mansfield Famous Quotes & Sayings
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![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Roses are the only flowers at garden-parties; the only flowers that everybody is certain of knowing. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Roses are the only flowers at garden-parties; the only flowers that everybody is certain of knowing.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1249596.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Ma Parker stood, looking up and down. The icy wind blew out her apron into a balloon. And now it began to rain. There was nowhere. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Ma Parker stood, looking up and down. The icy wind blew out her apron into a balloon. And now it began to rain. There was nowhere.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1093967.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Sleeping was her latest discovery. 'It's so wonderful. One simply shuts one's eyes, that's all. It's so delicious. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Sleeping was her latest discovery. 'It's so wonderful. One simply shuts one's eyes, that's all. It's so delicious.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1943715.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Wind moving through grass so that the grass quivers. This moves me with an emotion I don't even understand. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Wind moving through grass so that the grass quivers. This moves me with an emotion I don't even understand.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-151176.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship, was that one had to explain nothing Katherine Mansfield quotes: I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship, was that one had to explain nothing](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-24144.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Got a little - well - feeble as you might say. Of course, she was never dangerous; she was the sweetest old lady. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Got a little - well - feeble as you might say. Of course, she was never dangerous; she was the sweetest old lady.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-701354.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Jose loved giving orders to the servants, and they loved obeying her. She always made them feel they were taking part in some drama. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Jose loved giving orders to the servants, and they loved obeying her. She always made them feel they were taking part in some drama.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-2032133.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-952262.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Oh, with you, I could conquer the world - oh, with you I could catch hold of the moon like a little silver sixpence. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Oh, with you, I could conquer the world - oh, with you I could catch hold of the moon like a little silver sixpence.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1261872.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming. Katherine Mansfield quotes: I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1866275.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: The heavens opened for the sunset to-night. When I had thought the day folded and sealed, came a burst of heavenly bright petals. Katherine Mansfield quotes: The heavens opened for the sunset to-night. When I had thought the day folded and sealed, came a burst of heavenly bright petals.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-815005.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1331403.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I'd always rather be with people who loved me too little rather than with people who loved me too much. Katherine Mansfield quotes: I'd always rather be with people who loved me too little rather than with people who loved me too much.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1464753.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to write to those who don't really count. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to write to those who don't really count.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1345372.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Oh,' said the little girl, 'my head's on your heart; I can hear it going. What a big heart you've got, father dear. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Oh,' said the little girl, 'my head's on your heart; I can hear it going. What a big heart you've got, father dear.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1914064.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all. Katherine Mansfield quotes: I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-2128453.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines. Katherine Mansfield quotes: There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-2112864.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: The English language is damned difficult, but it's also damned rich, and so clear and bright that you can search out the darkest places with it. Katherine Mansfield quotes: The English language is damned difficult, but it's also damned rich, and so clear and bright that you can search out the darkest places with it.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-2104635.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Everything about her was sweet, pale like honey. You would not have been surprised to see a bee caught in the tangles of that yellow hair. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Everything about her was sweet, pale like honey. You would not have been surprised to see a bee caught in the tangles of that yellow hair.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-2079137.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: The mater, with her scissors outspread to snap the head of a dead something or other, stopped at the sight of Reggie. Katherine Mansfield quotes: The mater, with her scissors outspread to snap the head of a dead something or other, stopped at the sight of Reggie.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1570912.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I am poor - obscure - just eighteen years of age - with a rapacious appetite for everything and principles as light as my purse. Katherine Mansfield quotes: I am poor - obscure - just eighteen years of age - with a rapacious appetite for everything and principles as light as my purse.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1751314.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1742439.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: The lights, the azaleas, the dresses, the pink faces, the velvet chairs, all became one beautiful flying wheel. Katherine Mansfield quotes: The lights, the azaleas, the dresses, the pink faces, the velvet chairs, all became one beautiful flying wheel.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1723512.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle? Katherine Mansfield quotes: How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle?](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1682614.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Oh dear, I sometimes think ... whatever should I do if anything were to ... But, there, thinking's no good to any one - is it, madam? Katherine Mansfield quotes: Oh dear, I sometimes think ... whatever should I do if anything were to ... But, there, thinking's no good to any one - is it, madam?](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-435630.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-402995.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: What did garden-parties and baskets and lace frocks matter to him? He was far from all those things. He was wonderful, beautiful. Katherine Mansfield quotes: What did garden-parties and baskets and lace frocks matter to him? He was far from all those things. He was wonderful, beautiful.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-384856.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Letters are the real curse of my existence. I hate to write them: I have to. If I don't, there they are - the great guilty gates barring my way. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Letters are the real curse of my existence. I hate to write them: I have to. If I don't, there they are - the great guilty gates barring my way.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-351520.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-315678.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many Katherine Mansfield quotes: Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-572179.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-144505.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: Light as feathers the witches fly,The horn of the moon is plain to see;By a firefly under a jonquil flowerA goblin toasts a bumble-bee. Katherine Mansfield quotes: Light as feathers the witches fly,The horn of the moon is plain to see;By a firefly under a jonquil flowerA goblin toasts a bumble-bee.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-88006.jpg)
The horn of the moon is plain to see;
By a firefly under a jonquil flower
A goblin toasts a bumble-bee.
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I think I hate snow, downright hate it. There is something stupefying in it, a kind of 'You must be worse before you're better,' and down it spins. Katherine Mansfield quotes: I think I hate snow, downright hate it. There is something stupefying in it, a kind of 'You must be worse before you're better,' and down it spins.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-6471.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: ... A wet night. They are going home together under an umbrella. They stop on the door to press their wet cheeks together. Katherine Mansfield quotes: ... A wet night. They are going home together under an umbrella. They stop on the door to press their wet cheeks together.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1137580.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-1105471.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: It is strange that there are times when I feel the stars are not at all solemn: they are secretly gay. Katherine Mansfield quotes: It is strange that there are times when I feel the stars are not at all solemn: they are secretly gay.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-900060.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: his hands clasped over a huge carved walking-stick, and a big old woman, sitting upright, with a roll of knitting on her embroidered Katherine Mansfield quotes: his hands clasped over a huge carved walking-stick, and a big old woman, sitting upright, with a roll of knitting on her embroidered](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-782570.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: No, madam, never now. Of course, I did think of it at one time. But it wasn't to be. He had a little flower-shop just down Katherine Mansfield quotes: No, madam, never now. Of course, I did think of it at one time. But it wasn't to be. He had a little flower-shop just down](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-698798.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: EM Forster never gets any further than warming the tea pot ... Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea. Katherine Mansfield quotes: EM Forster never gets any further than warming the tea pot ... Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-681085.jpg)
![Katherine Mansfield quotes: I don't believe other people are ever as foolishly excited as I am while I'm working. How could they be? Writers would have to live in trees. Katherine Mansfield quotes: I don't believe other people are ever as foolishly excited as I am while I'm working. How could they be? Writers would have to live in trees.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/katherine-mansfield-quotes-666422.jpg)