Quote#Happiness
Warm, eager, living life — to be rooted in life — to learn, to desire…
Quote byKatherine Mansfield · 1888–1923
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Entry in her journal (10 October 1922) which she tore out to send to John Middleton Murry, before changing her mind. This later became the last published entry in The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (1927) edited by J. Middleton Murry.
English (original)
Warm, eager, living life — to be rooted in life — to learn, to desire to know, to feel, to think, to act. That is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for. … 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
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