Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
Kathleen Mansfield Murrywas a prominent New Zealand modernist short story writer who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. At 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became a friend of modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In 1917 she was diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which led to her death at the age of 34...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth14 October 1888
appalling build good regret waste
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.
encouraging want becoming
I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
ostriches important wish
The ostrich burying its head in the sand does at any rate wish to convey the impression that its head is the most important part of it.
live-life book writing
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.
becomes life
Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.
begin failures immense importance means
When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
arms brief letter moment
This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment