I always felt that the great high privilege, relief, and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

KATHERINE MANSFIELD, attributed, O Magazine, Aug. 2006

I have made it a rule of my life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy.... You can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.

KATHERINE MANSFIELD, "Je Ne Parle Pas Français", The Best Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield