Kate Chopin

Author

Kate Chopin was an American author known for her pioneering works on women's independence, particularly in 'The Awakening'.

Awakening Soul Earth Children Voice Dream

Born: February 8, 1850
Died: August 22, 1904
Quotes: 71
Rank: #502

Quote collection

Kate Chopin quotes (page 4 of 4)

71 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people I honor and respect; return home at day break with my brain in a state which was never intended for it; and arise in the middle of the next day feeling infinitely more, in spirit and flesh like a Liliputian, than a woman with body and soul. Entry (when she was eighteen) in her Commonplace Book, 1868-1869."

Lying Book Home

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips."

Regret Kissing Dull

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"I'm tired," she uttered complainingly. "I know you are." "You don't know anything about it. Why should you know? I never was so exhausted in my life. But it isn't unpleasant. A thousand emotions have swept through me to-night. I don't comprehend half on them. Don't mind what I'm saying; I am just thinking aloud."

Tired Night Thinking

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"I'm going to pull myself together for a while and think-try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, candidly, I don't know. By all the codes which I am acquainted with, I am a devilishly wicked specimen of the sex. But some way I can't convince myself that I am. I must think about it."

Sex Character Thinking

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"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."

Sky Space Water

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"No, I only think you cruel, as I said the other day. Maybe not intentionally cruel; but you seem to be forcing me into disclosures which can result in nothing; as if you would have me bare a wound for the pleasure of looking at it, without the intention or power of healing it."

Healing Thinking Pleasure

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon the lives, the hearts, the prejudices of others-"

Heart Suffering Prejudice

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"You have been a very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontelliere's possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I choose. If he were to say, 'Here Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours,' I should laugh at you both."

Dream Boys Impossible Things

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"There would be no one there to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistance with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination."

Powerful Believe Men

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"I don't mind walking. I always feel so sorry for women who don't like to walk; they miss so much--so many rare little glimpses of life; and we women learn so little of life on the whole."

Sorry Missing Mind

Read quote 3 likes

Kate Chopin Author

Popular

"I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion."

Men Ordinary Devotion

Read quote 3 likes