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Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.
Katherine Mansfield
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Katherine Mansfield
Age: 34 †
Born: 1888
Born: October 14
Died: 1923
Died: January 9
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Wellington
New Zealand
Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry
Kathleen Murry
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Kathleen Mansfield Murry
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we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves.
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