It's a terrible thing to be alone — yes it is — it is — but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath — as terrible as you l… - Katherine Mansfield

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It's a terrible thing to be alone — yes it is — it is — but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath — as terrible as you like — but a mask.

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About Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield Murry (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923), born Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp, was a New Zealand poet and writer of short fiction, who wrote under the name Katherine Mansfield.

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Birth Name: Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp
Alternative Names: Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry Kathleen Murry Katherine Beauchamp Mansfield Kathleen Mansfield Murry
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I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, and no one who intends to become a writer can afford to indulge in it. You can't get it into shape; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

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