Facts about Katherine Mansfield

Occup.Author
FromNew Zealand
BornOctober 14, 1888
DiedJanuary 9, 1923
Aged34 years

Summary

Katherine Mansfield was a famous Author from New Zealand, who lived between October 14, 1888 and January 9, 1923. He/she became only 34 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by Katherine, under the main topic Friendship.

Related authors: Virginia Woolf (Author)

22 Famous quotes by Katherine Mansfield

Small: When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.
"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"
Small: The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books
"The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books"
Small: It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves
"It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves"
Small: Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change
"Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change"
Small: Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order
"Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order"
Small: Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness
"Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness"
Small: If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools
"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools"
Small: Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be
"Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different"
Small: This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment
"This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment"
Small: Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on
"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"
Small: Its a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but dont lower your mask until you have another
"It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask"
Small: Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them
"Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them"
Small: I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming
"I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming"
Small: I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to expla
"I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing"
Small: Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy,
"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"
Small: Life never becomes a habit to me. Its always a marvel
"Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel"
Small: I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face
"I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face"
Small: What do you want most to do? Thats what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties
"What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties"
Small: Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anyth
"Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all"
Small: Im a writer first and a woman after
"I'm a writer first and a woman after"
Small: Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of w
"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"
Small: I want to be all that I am capable of becoming
"I want to be all that I am capable of becoming"