WIST Quotations

Mansfield, Katherine -- “The Dove’s Nest” (1923)

Dave — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:51:41 +0000

Conversation is like a dear little baby that is brought in to be handed around. You must rock it, nurse it, keep it on the move if you want to keep smiling.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander writer, poet [pen name of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp)]
“The Dove’s Nest” (1923)
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Mansfield, Katherine -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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 writer, poet [pen name of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp)]
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Mansfield, Katherine -- The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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 writer, poet [pen name of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp)]
The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927)

Mansfield, Katherine -- Letter (1928)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander writer, poet [pen name of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp)]
Letter (1928)

Mansfield, Katherine -- Letter to John Middleton Murry (Jul 1917)

Dave — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:35:01 +0000

It’s a terrible thing to be alone — yes it is — it is — but don’t lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath — As terrible as you like — but a mask.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) New Zealander writer, poet [pen name of Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp)]
Letter to John Middleton Murry (Jul 1917)
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