The Way Things Turn: Katherine Mansfield

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Monday, April 5, 2021

I always felt that the great

high privilege, relief, and comfort

of friendship was that one

had to explain nothing.

~ Katherine Mansfield

I think of you often. Especially in the evenings,

when I am on the balcony and it's too dark to write

or to do anything but wait for the stars. A time I love.

One feels half disembodied, sitting like a shadow at the

door of one's being while the dark tide rises. Then

comes the moon, marvelously serene, and small stars,

very merry for some reason of their own. It is so easy

to forget, in a worldly life, to attend to these miracles.

~ Katherine Mansfield

I always felt that the great high privilege,

relief, and comfort of friendship was

that one had to explain nothing.

~ Katherine Mansfield

To be rooted in life --- to learn, to desire,

to feel, to think, to act. This is what I want.

And nothing less. This is what I must try for.

~ Katherine Mansfield

Do the hardest thing on earth for you.

Act for yourself. Face the truth.

~ Katherine Mansfield

We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish

is strong enough. What do you want to do? That's what

I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.

~ Katherine Mansfield