Abstract Quote by Kate Chopin

“If ever a fusion of two human beings into one has been accomplished on this sphere it was surely their union.”

— Kate Chopin

She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.

— Kate Chopin

“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

“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

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

“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”

— Kate Chopin

It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon.

— Kate Chopin

“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

“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

The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she doesn't seem like the same woman.

— Kate Chopin

“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

“Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select?”

— Kate Chopin