The Awakening and Other Stories Quotes

“The years that are gone seem like dreams--if one might go on sleeping and dreaming--but to wake up and find--oh! well! Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Other Stories

“If I were young and in love with a man," said Mademoiselle, turning on the stool and pressing her wiry hands between her knees as she looked down at Edna, who sat on the floor holding the letter, "it seems to me he would have to be some grand esprit; a man with lofty aims and ability to reach them; one who stood high enough to attract the notice of his fellow-men. It seems to me if I were young and in love I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Other Stories

“Religion, loyalty, everything would give way if only you cared.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Other Stories

“Ah! si tu savais

Ce que tes yeux me disent”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Other Stories