The ostrich burying its head in the sand does at any rate wish to convey the impression that its head is the most important part of it.
Katherine MansfieldThere are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.
Katherine Mansfield... I'd always rather be with people who loved me too little rather than with people who loved me too much.
Katherine MansfieldThe pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
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 MansfieldI adore Life. What do all the fools matter and all the stupidity. They do matter but somehow for me they cannot touch the body of Life. Life is marvellous. I want to be deeply rooted in it - to live - to expand - to breathe in it - to rejoice - to share it. To give and to be asked for Love.
Katherine Mansfield