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- Katherine Mansfield was born on October 14, 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand. She was a writer, known for Our Party, Winners and Losers (1975) and Teatterituokio (1962). She was married to John Middleton Murry and George Bowden. She died on January 9, 1923 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France.
- SpousesJohn Middleton Murry(1918 - January 9, 1923) (her death)George Bowden(March 2, 1909 - April 1918) (divorced)
- [on change] Before, I always lived in anticipation . . . that it was all a preparation for something else, something "greater", more "genuine". But that feeling has dropped away from me completely. I live here and now, this minute, this day, to the full, and the life is worth living.
- [on experience] Life should be like a steady, visible light.
- [on reading] The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
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