There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation. - Kate Chopin
So does he live, seeking, finding, joying and suffering. - Kate Chopin
...when he possessed her, they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life’s mystery. - Kate Chopin
She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what. - Kate Chopin
There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. - Kate Chopin