I am poor - obscure - just eighteen years of age - with a rapacious appetite for everything and principles as light as my purse.
Katherine MansfieldCan one do nothing for the dead? And for a long time the answer had been - Nothing!
Katherine MansfieldSeptember is different from all other months. It is more magical. I feel the strange chemical change in the earth which produces mushrooms is the cause, too, of the extra 'life' in the air - a resilience, a sparkle.
Katherine MansfieldI think I hate snow, downright hate it. There is something stupefying in it, a kind of 'You must be worse before you're better,' and down it spins.
Katherine Mansfield