Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to be a writer can afford to indulge in it.
Katherine MansfieldI want so to live that I work with my hands and my feeling and my brain. I want a garden, a small house, grass, animals, books, pictures, music. And out of this, the expression of this, I want to be writing (Though I may write about cabmen. Thatโs no matter.) But warm, eager, living life โ to be rooted in life โ to learn, to desire, to feel, to think, to act. This is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for.
Katherine Mansfield