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title: "2 Deep down Quotes By Katherine Mansfield"
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> [there does seem to me something sad in life. It is hard to say what it is. I don't mean the sorrow that we all know, like illness and poverty and death. No, it is something different. It is there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/there-does-seem-to-me-something-sad-in-life-it-is-hard-to-say-what-it/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

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> [I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming… This all sounds very strenuous and serious. But now that I have wrestled with it, it's no longer so. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-want-by-understanding-myself-to-understand-others-i-want-to-be-all/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

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## Other authors on Deep down

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deep-down/rajneesh/)

## More by Katherine Mansfield

> [“Shadow children, thin and small, Now the day is left behind, You are dancing on the wall, On the curtains, on the blind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/shadow-children-thin-and-small-now-the-day-is-left-behind-you-are/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [“Oh, with you, I could conquer the world - oh, with you I could catch hold of the moon like a little silver sixpence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/oh-with-you-i-could-conquer-the-world-oh-with-you-i-could-catch-hold/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [“I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-have-made-it-a-rule-of-my-life-never-to-regret-and-never-to-look/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/life-never-becomes-a-habit-to-me-it-s-always-a-marvel/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [Children are unaccountable little creatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/children-are-unaccountable-little-creatures/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [“Leila was sure ifhe partner didn't come and she had to listen to that marvellous music and to watch the others sliding, gliding over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/leila-was-sure-ifhe-partner-didn-t-come-and-she-had-to-listen-to-that/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [Regret is an appalling waste of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/regret-is-an-appalling-waste-of-time/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-love-the-rain-i-want-the-feeling-of-it-on-my-face/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [England is merely an island of beef swimming in a warm gulf stream of gravy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/england-is-merely-an-island-of-beef-swimming-in-a-warm-gulf-stream-of/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/perhaps-it-does-not-matter-so-very-much-what-it-is-one-loves-in-this/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/ah-what-happiness-it-is-to-be-with-people-who-are-all-happy-to-press/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/to-acknowledge-the-presence-of-fear-is-to-give-birth-to-failure/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [I am poor - obscure - just eighteen years of age - with a rapacious appetite for everything and principles as light as my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-am-poor-obscure-just-eighteen-years-of-age-with-a-rapacious/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [“I used to believe I was merely words and I do not know whether I shall start hoping for something more. You planted that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/i-used-to-believe-i-was-merely-words-and-i-do-not-know-whether-i/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

> [To be alive and to be a ‘writer’ is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/to-be-alive-and-to-be-a-writer-is-enough/)

[Katherine Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-mansfield/)

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