234 Quotes by Katherine Mansfield

Can one do nothing for the dead? And for a long time the answer had been - Nothing!

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

I have such a horror of telegrams that ask me how I am!! I always want to reply dead.

In fact, isn't it a joy - there is hardly a greater one - to find a new book, a living book, and to know that it will remain with you while life lasts?

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Better to write twaddle, anything, than nothing at all.

I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.

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.

Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart - oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape - of your sister.