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title: "1 Nine To Five Quotes By Katherine Mansfield"
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> [“It seems to me just as imbecile, just as infernal, to have to go to the office on Monday," said Jonathan, "as it always has done and always will do. To spend all the best years of one's life sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-mansfield/it-seems-to-me-just-as-imbecile-just-as-infernal-to-have-to-go-to-the/)

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

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## 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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