It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

Quote by Katherine Mansfield

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What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself,...

What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself,...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I...

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms...

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do...

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to...

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to...

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love....

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love....

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.

Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself...

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself...

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret...

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret...

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that...

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

An Argument needs no reason; Nor any friendship.

An Argument needs no reason; Nor any friendship.

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship...