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... I'd always rather be with people who loved me too little rather than with people who loved me too much.
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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