Katherine Mansfield

Explore 2 quotes by Katherine Mansfield

How can you hesitate? Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Katherine Mansfield

More information about this quote

Topic

Going for it Taking risks

Author

Katherine Mansfield

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. Journal entry. 10 Oct. 1922.

Current Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks. Vol. 2, Lincoln University Press, 1997.

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming... This all sounds very strenuous and serious. But now that I have wrestled with it, it's no longer so. I feel happy-deep down. All is well.

Katherine Mansfield

More information about this quote

Topic

Understanding oneself Reaching one's potential

Author

Katherine Mansfield

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. Diary entry. 17 Oct. 1922.

Current Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. Journal of Katherine Mansfield, edited by J. Middleton Murry. Persephone, 2006.