Kate Chopin - Earth Quotes

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It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon.

Kate Chopin

The bird that would soar above the plane of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.

Kate Chopin

The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction.

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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe?

Kate Chopin

She says a wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.

Kate Chopin