9 Quotes About Kate Chopin

One of the most important figures in literature and music, Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was a Louisiana-born writer and feminist who left the small town of Colfax for New Orleans in 1868. She is often considered one of the first American women to write realistic fiction with a strong female protagonist. Despite her short life, Chopin created two collections of short stories, three novels, several plays, and over 160 poems. While she was the first American woman to publish a novel, she was not the first American woman to write about women’s issues Read more

Her writing style was very popular with readers throughout her lifetime, but they were not as well received by critics.

...when he possessed her, they seemed to swoon together at...
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...when he possessed her, they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life’s mystery. Kate Chopin
The morning was full of sunlight and hope.
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The morning was full of sunlight and hope. Kate Chopin
She liked then to wander alone into strange and unfamiliar...
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She liked then to wander alone into strange and unfamiliar places. She discovered many a sunny, sleepy corner, fashioned to dream in. Kate Chopin
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She had resolved to never take another step backward. Kate Chopin
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I leave such ventures ti you younger men with the fever of life still in your blood. Kate Chopin
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She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear. Kate Chopin
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But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. Kate Chopin
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She was happy to be alive and breathing, when her whole being seemed to be one with the sunlight, the color, the odors, the luxuriant warmth of some perfect Southern day. Kate Chopin