In a German Pension

“For the special thrilling quality of their friendship was in their complete surrender. Like two open cities in the midst of some vast plain their two minds lay open to each other. And it wasn't as if he rode into hers like a conqueror, armed to the eyebrows and seeing nothing but a gay silken flutter--nor did she enter his like a queen walking on soft petals. No, they were eager, serious travellers, absorbed in understanding what was to be seen and discovering what was hidden--making the most of this extraordinary absolute chance which made it possible for him to be utterly truthful to her and for her to be utterly sincere with him.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“How beautiful she loked, but there was nobody to see, nobody.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“... I find in all the works of the greatest writers, especially in their unedited letters, some touch, some sign of myself - some resemblance, some part of myself, like a thousand reflections of my own hands in a dark mirror.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“... always with that magical child air about her, that delightful sense of perpetually attending a party.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“But, my darling, if you love me,' thought Miss Meadows, 'I don't mind how much it is. Love me as little as you like.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“I long to do wild, passionate things.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and off the pavement, to bowl a hoop, to throw something up in the air and catch it again, or to stand still and laugh at - nothing - at nothing, simply.””

— Katherine Mansfield

“I feel as though I were living in a world of strange beings”

— Katherine Mansfield

“... A wet night. They are going home together under an umbrella. They stop on the door to press their wet cheeks together.””

— Katherine Mansfield