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Kate Chopin quotes about she

American Author February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904

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She was a grown young woman when she was overtaken by what she supposed to be the climax of her fate. It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses. The persistence of the infatuation lent it an aspect of genuineness. The hopelessness of it colored it with the lofty tones of a great passion. Kate Chopin
She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him was like an obsession, ever pressing itself upon her. It was not that she dwelt upon details of their acquaintance, or recalled in any special or peculiar way his personality; it was his being, his existence, which dominated her thought, fading sometimes as if it would melt into the mist of the forgotten, reviving again with an intensity which filled her with an incomprehensible longing. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "She's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the..."
She's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women. Kate Chopin
Well, for instance, when I left her today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said. Kate Chopin
She turned her face seaward to gather in an impression of space and solitude, which the vast expanse of water, meeting and melting with the moonlit sky, conveyed to her excited fancy. As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself. Kate Chopin
She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease..."
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy that kills. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of..."
But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her..."
She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she..."
The city atmosphere certainly has improved her. Some way she doesn't seem like the same woman. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to..."
but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did..."
She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what. Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin quote: "He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he..."
He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself [...]. Kate Chopin

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