Quotes by Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield

New Zealand-born British Author

Lived from: 1888 - 1923

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagNew Zealand

Born: 14 october 1888 Died: 9 january 1923

  • Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery.

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  • Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery.
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  • I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.
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  • : I must say I hate money but it's the lack of it I hate most.
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  • I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.
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  • I must say I hate money but it's the lack of it I hate most.
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  • I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
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  • Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
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  • The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives whith another who shares the same books.
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  • When you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.
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  • Before confessing, be perfectly certain that you do not wish to be forgiven.
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  • I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
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  • I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses
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  • If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.
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  • 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.
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  • Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.
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  • No bird sits a tree more proudly than a pigeon.
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  • The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
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  • To work - to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Katherine Mansfield?

The two most famous quotes from Katherine Mansfield are:

  • "Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery."
  • "I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face."

When did Katherine Mansfield live?

Katherine Mansfield was born in 1888 and died in the year 1923.