Marriage a la Mode Quotes

“It was her peculiar curse to never really be unknown.”
― Katherine Mansfield, Marriage a la Mode

“The late afternoon sun shone on women in cotton frocks and little sunburnt, barefoot children. It blazed on a silky yellow flower with coarse leaves which sprawled over a bank of rock. The air ruffling through the window smelled of the sea.”
― Katherine Mansfield, Marriage a la Mode

“Do you think there will be Mondays in heaven?' (...) 'Heaven will be one long Monday'.”
― Katherine Mansfield, Marriage a la Mode