234 Quotes by Katherine Mansfield

That's all life is - something childish and very natural. Isn't it?

Why! Why! Why is the middle-class so stodgy - so utterly without a sense of humor?

I don't believe other people are ever as foolishly excited as I am while I'm working. How could they be? Writers would have to live in trees.

I love the evening star. Does that sound foolish? I used to go into the backyard, after sunset, and wait for it until it shone above the dark gum tree. I used to whisper 'There you are, my darling.' And just in that first moment it seemed to be shining for me alone. It seemed to understand this ... something which is like longing, and yet it is not longing. Or regret - it is more like regret.

Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction.

There are in life as many aspects as attitudes towards it, and aspects change with attitudes.

Regret is an appalling waste of time.

I am going to enjoy life in Paris I know. It is so human and there is something noble in the city... It is a real city, old and fine and life plays in it for everybody to see.

Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life--' But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood. 'Isn't it, darling?' said Laurie.