I thought and thought this morning but to not much avail. I can’t think why, but my wit seems to be nearly deserting me when I want to get down to earth. I am all right - sky-high. And even in my brain, in my head, I can think and act and write wonders - wonders; but the moment I really try to put them down I fail miserably.
Katherine Mansfield. Diary entry dated 8th December 1916. (via
acandleandawick)