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Katherine Mansfield was a New Zealand-born British writer renowned for her short stories. Her work is celebrated for its concise, direct style and profound insight into the details of everyday life. Although her writing career was brief, her influence on literature has been profound.

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Famous Katherine Mansfield Quotes

“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.”

Thinking Kind Hate I Hate Winter Snow

Book:The Katherine Mansfield notebooks

Source: The Katherine Mansfield notebooks

“I want so to live that I work with my hands and my feeling and my brain. I want a garden, a small house, grass, animals, books, pictures, music. And out of this, the expression of this, I want to be writing (Though I may write about cabmen. That’s no matter.) But warm, eager, living life — to be rooted in life — to learn, to desire, to feel, to think, to act. This is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for.”

Thinking Want Feels Writing Trying May Book Matter Feelings Hands Desire House Animal Brain Expression Garden Warm Live Life Grass Rooted

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

“I think of you often. Especially in the evenings, when I am on the balcony and it’s too dark to write or to do anything but wait for the stars. A time I love. One feels half disembodied, sitting like a shadow at the door of one’s being while the dark tide rises. Then comes the moon, marvellously serene, and small stars, very merry for some reason of their own. It is so easy to forget, in a worldly life, to attend to these miracles.”

Source: The Letters of Katherine Mansfield

“Now's the time when children's noses All become as red as roses And the colour of their faces Makes me think of orchard places Where the juicy apples grow, And tomatoes in a row.”

Thinking Children Faces Grows Red Rose Noses Apples Colour October Tomatoes Orchard Juicy

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

“It's rather nice to think of oneself as a sailor bending over the map of one's mind and deciding where to go and how to go. The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.”

Thinking Mind Enough Remember Strong Wish Can Do Nice Oneself Great Things Maps Strong Enough Sailor Bending Bending Over

Book:The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: 1922-1923

Source: The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: 1922-1923

“Warm, eager, living life-to be rooted in life-to learn, to desire, to know, to feel, to think, to act. This is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for.”

Thinking Knows Want Life Feels Trying Desire Warm Live Life Rooted

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)