NovelFor the first time in her life she stood naked in the open air, at the mercy of the sun, the breeze that beat upon her, and the waves that invited her.Kate ChopinThe Awakening · 1899★ 5.2
NovelThe voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.Kate Chopin1899★ 5.2
NovelShe was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.Kate ChopinThe Awakening · 1899★ 3.6
NovelThe 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 ChopinThe Awakening · 1899★ 3.5