Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.

Quote by Katherine Mansfield

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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.

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...

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...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment

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...

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change.

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change.

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

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...

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.

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...

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the...

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the...

I always give low value to talks; only after growing through action we should start...

I always give low value to talks; only after growing through action we should start...

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just...

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just...

Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which...

Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which...