Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who all are happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.
Katherine MansfieldYes, my mother's death is a terrible sorrow to me. I feel - do you know what I mean - the silence of it so. She was more alive than anyone I have ever known.
Katherine MansfieldMake 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