# Quote — Kate Chopin, The Awakening

> The 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.

- Author: [Kate Chopin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-chopin.md)
- Book: [The Awakening](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-chopin/the-awakening.md)
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> "Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with presidential possibilities; I shall proceed to fall in love with him.' or, 'I shall set my heart upon this musician, whose fame is on every tongue?' or 'this financier, who controls the world's money markets?'"

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