Katherine Mansfield Quotes

New Zealander - Author | October 14, 1888 - January 9, 1923

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.

Katherine Mansfield

LoveTrue LoveTrueTellFalseOnly

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

Katherine Mansfield

LoveRainFaceFeelingWantI Love

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Katherine Mansfield

WordsMeaningWithoutConsciousness

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

Katherine Mansfield

I AmWantCapableBecomingAm

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.

Katherine Mansfield

LifeGoodEnergyRegretYouLook

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

Katherine Mansfield

LifeHabitMeNeverAlwaysMarvel

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

Katherine Mansfield

LifeChangeAttitudeBe Different

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

Katherine Mansfield

MyselfI AmUnderstandingUnderstand

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 people.

Katherine Mansfield

PeopleWritingSmallYouTryWould

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.

Katherine Mansfield

MomentYouArmsBriefAroundLetter

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Katherine Mansfield

LaughLearnSeriouslyAfraidBegin

I'm a writer first and a woman after.

Katherine Mansfield

WomanFirstWriterAfter

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