“The late afternoon sun shone on women in cotton frocks and little sunburnt, barefoot children. It blazed on a silky yellow flower with coarse leaves which sprawled over a bank of rock. The air ruffling through the window smelled of the sea.”
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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. more
“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
“Even the Sun, whose star-born radiance Governs all the world, became the thrall of love.”
“…for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows, and the rivers flow. Like the original treaty.”