A Respectable Woman Quotes

“Now there was left with him, at least, a philosophic acquiescence to the existing order—only a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little whiff of genuine life, such as he was breathing now.”
― Kate Chopin, A Respectable Woman

“He talked of the old college days when he and Gaston had been a good deal to
each other; of the days of keen and blind ambitions and large intentions. Now there was
left with him, at least, a philosophic acquiescence to the existing order--only a desire to be
permitted to exist, with now and then a
little whiff of genuine life, such as he was
breathing now.”
― Kate Chopin, A Respectable Woman

“Beside being a respectable woman she was a very sensible one; and she knew there are some battles in life which a human being must fight alone.”
― Kate Chopin, A Respectable Woman