Katherine Mansfield Quotes & Sayings

22 most famous Katherine Mansfield quotes and sayings (author). These are the first 10 quotes we have for her.

“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.”

“Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.”

“Risk! Risk anything! 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.”

“I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.”

“Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.”

“If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.”

“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.”

“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.”