234 Quotes by Katherine Mansfield

When I say “I fear” – don’t let it disturb you, dearest heart. We all fear when we are in waiting-rooms. Yet we must pass beyond them, and if the other can keep calm, it is all the help we can give each other.

I 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.

It is true when you are by yourself and you think about life, it is always sad. All that excitement and so on has a way of suddenly leaving you, and it’s as though, in the silence, somebody called your name, and you heard your name for the first time.

Life never become a habit to me. It’s always a marvel.

The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought that he alone – reading between the lines – has bcome the secret friend of their author.

I have faded into the habit of secretly existing under your skin. It is unbelievably dark under there; I am happy.

Wind moving through grass so that the grass quivers. This moves me with an emotion I don’t even understand.

It’s a terrible thing to be alone – yes it is – it is – but don’t lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath – as terrible as you like – but a mask.

It’s not your fault. Don’t think that. It’s just fate.