"How hard it is to escape from places. However carefully one goes they hold you â€” you leave little bits of yourself fluttering on the fences â€” like rags and shreds of your very life."

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Source : Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan, Margaret Scott (2008). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: 1922-1923”, Oxford University Press, USA

Katherine Mansfield

#Rags Quotes #Littles Quotes #Fence Quotes

“I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.”
“This is a hard fight and we had better all die than lose it.”
“Remember...that each child is a separate person, yours forever, but never fully yours. She can never be all you wished or wanted,or all you know she could be. But she will be a better human being if you can let her be herself.”
“The goal of the gospel is to produce a type of people consumed with passion for God an love for others.”
“In one family, all goes by two and two. If a member of it has any interest, he or she will confide it to some one other; but the rest know nothing. In another family, all feel what touches one; nothing is kept dark from the father and mother, brothers and sisters--all share. This family habit is by far the better, it strengthens the tie between the members, and makes the home one home.”

Source : Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”, p.287
“Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.”
“Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.”
“I think part of being a good coach is knowing how to extract the best from different people.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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