Katherine Mansfield Quotes

The longer I live the more I turn to New Zealand. I thank God I was born in New Zealand. A young country is a real heritage, though it takes onetime to recognize it. But  New Zealand is in my very bones. What I wouldn’t give to have a look at it!

She couldn’t possibly go back to the gentleman’s flat; she had no right to cry in strangers’ houses.

He stands, smiling encouragement, like a clumsy dentist.

The aloe seemed to ride…like a ship with the oars lifted. Bright moonlight hung upon the lifted oars like water, and on the green wave glittered the dew.

If there was one thing he hated more than another it was the way she had of waking him in the morning… It was her way of establishing her grievance for the day.

I believe that people are like portmanteaux—packed with certain things, started going, thrown about, tossed away, dumped down, lost and found, half emptied  suddenly, or squeezed fatter than ever, until finally the Ultimate Porter swings them on to the Ultimate Train and away they rattle.