She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister Margaret's. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore…

Quote by Kate Chopin

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She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees...

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have,...

I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have,...

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an...

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an...

But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and...

But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and...

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers...

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers...

It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than...

It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than...

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

So the storm passed and every one was happy.

In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands...

In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands...

A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of...

A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts -...

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts -...

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them...

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them...

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and...

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and...

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her,...

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her,...

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame...

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from...

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from...

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then...

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then...

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy...

When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of joy...