Kingdoms Quotes 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.”

— 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.”

— 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...…

— Katherine Mansfield

Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel.

— Katherine Mansfield

Children are unaccountable little creatures.

— 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…

— Katherine Mansfield

Regret is an appalling waste of time.

— Katherine Mansfield

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

— Katherine Mansfield

England is merely an island of beef swimming in a warm gulf stream of gravy.

— Katherine Mansfield

Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.

— Katherine Mansfield

Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.

— Katherine Mansfield

To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.

— Katherine Mansfield