WIST

When we can begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander author
(Attributed)

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody’s fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander author
The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927)

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander author
Letter (1928)