Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order
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Katherine Mansfield quoteWould 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 quote The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
Katherine Mansfield quote 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 quote Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.
Katherine Mansfield quote 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.
Katherine Mansfield quote Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.
Katherine Mansfield quote 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 quote Biography
New Zealand born short-story writer
