Love! Love! Your tenderness,
Your beautiful, watchful ways
She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked round her.
Katherine MansfieldTag: eavesdropping living-through-others
You have never been curious about me; you never wanted to explore my soul.
Katherine MansfieldThe whole world shall be ours because of our love.
Katherine MansfieldE. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.
Katherine MansfieldIn the forest, in the forest, silence had cast a spell over all things. She plucked a great bouquet of daffodils and snowdrops, and tenderly held them to her, and tenderly kissed their fresh spring faces. She did not sing at all, but sat silent, expectant, and wondering, till her flowers faded and withered in her hands.
Katherine MansfieldThe next morning, very early, you and I went to the old pine-tree. Your little legs were going along so fast that it made me quite dizzy to look at them. Long before we came to the place I had to carry you - you had such a terrible stitch! At last we caught sight of him. His branches were all waving and his head was high in the air. When he saw us he bowed most graciously, but very proudly. I stole along ever so quietly with you in my arms, and, sure enough, there were the sparrows sitting in the branches. They did not seem at all shy, and how glad we both were. The old pine-tree looked just like you do when you have had a cold bath and Mummy has put you in a clean starched frock, and a petticoat that sticks out all round. You look as though you never made mud pies in your life and would rather die than tread in the puddles.
Katherine MansfieldWhen we reached home your cheeks were like roses, and your eyes were shining like stars, and you tried to tell Mummy so much in one breath that I thought you would burst.
Katherine MansfieldAh, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.
Katherine MansfieldTag: happiness love smiling eyes short-story holding-hands happy-people
You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.
Katherine MansfieldTag: love romance dedication queen
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