The Awakening and Selected Stories Quotes

“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 Selected Stories

“Feeling secure regarding their happiness and welfare, she did not miss them except with an occasional, intense longing.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Stories

“Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. But her new and unexpected line of conduct completely bewildered him. It shocked him. Then her absolute disregard for her duties as a wife angered him. When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent. She had resolved never to take another step backward.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening and Selected Stories