"A person can't have everything in this world;……" — Kate Chopin
"A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it."
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Kate Chopin
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69 Quotes by Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin has 69 quotes on this site.
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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not…
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired…
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But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of…
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the…
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Have you ever heard the earth breath?
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The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in…
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The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended,…
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She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course…
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The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response…
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above, reeling, fluttering, circling disabled, down, down to the water
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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
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In order to win, you must expect to win.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.
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I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.
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To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at…
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