Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Katherine MansfieldPerhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.
Katherine MansfieldOh, how quickly things changed! Why didn't happiness last for ever? For ever wasn't a bit too long.
Katherine MansfieldWinter is a terrible time for thin people - terrible! Why should it hound them down, fasten on them, worry them so? Why not, for a change, take a nip, take a snap at the fat ones who wouldn't notice? But no! It is sleek, warm, cat-like summer that makes the fat one's life a misery. Winter is all for bones.
Katherine Mansfield