There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry,… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Robert's going had some way taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything. The conditions of her life were in… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promises broken and unfulfilled. Yet… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“However, I don't mind walking. I always feel so sorry for women who don't like to walk; they miss so much—so many… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“There were days when she was very happy without knowing why. She was happy to be alive and breathing, when her whole… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I'm tired," she uttered complainingly. "I know you are." "You don't know anything about it. Why should you know? I never was… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering. Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves.” — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“At a very early period she had apprehended the instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“She was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind. It was not despair; but it seemed to her… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
She was moved by a kind of commiseration... a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Edna lived a dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions” — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Edna felt depressed rather than soothed after leaving them. The little glimpse of domestic harmony which had been offered her, gave her… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“I would give my life for my children, but I wouldn’t give myself. I can’t make it more clear; it’s only something… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“If ever a fusion of two human beings into one has been accomplished on this sphere it was surely their union.” — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“His manner invited easy confidence. The preliminary stage of becoming acquainted was one which he always endeavored to ignore when a pretty and engaging… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“The trouble is," sighed the Doctor, grasping her meaning intuitively, "that youth is given up to illusions. It seems to be a provision of… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.” — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“The stillest hour of the night had come, the hour before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath. The moon hung low,… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she doesn't seem like the same woman. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Robert's going had some way taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything. The conditions of her life were in no way… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
“Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
