Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Katherine Mansfield
- The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
- Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.
- What I feel for you can’t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise — it beats words. It beats worlds.
- I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship, was that one had to explain nothing.
- I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future plusses.
- I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy… you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in.
- Would you not like to try all sorts of lives – one is so very small – but that is the satisfaction of writing – one can impersonate so many people.
- When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them.
- 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.
- Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
Katherine Mansfield was a prominent New Zealand writer and one of the most renowned short story writers of the 20th century. She was born on October 14, 1888, in Wellington, New Zealand, to a wealthy family. Her birth name was Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp.
Mansfield began writing at a young age and went on to study at Queen’s College in London. She developed a reputation as a talented writer and became associated with the Bloomsbury Group of writers, including Virginia Woolf. Her works often dealt with the complexities of human relationships, and her writing style was characterized by its subtlety, nuance, and understated emotional power.
Mansfield’s most famous works include the collections “Bliss” (1920) and “The Garden Party” (1922), as well as the novella “The Aloe” (1922). She continued to write prolifically until her death from tuberculosis at the age of 34 in 1923.
Mansfield’s contributions to the short story genre have had a significant impact on modern literature, and her work has been translated into many languages. She is regarded as one of the foremost modernist writers of her time and continues to be celebrated for her unique and innovative style.
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