# Quote — Kate Chopin, The Awakening

> There was something in her attitude, in her whole appearance when she leaned her head against the high-backed chair and spread her arms, which suggested the regal woman, the one who rules, who looks on, who stands alone.

- 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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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-chopin/the-awakening/there-was-something

## More from this book

> "I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Chênière Caminada; the old sunny fort at Grand Terre. I've been working with a little more comprehension than a machine, and still feeling like a lost soul."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-chopin/the-awakening/ive-been-seeing.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-chopin/the-awakening/the-voice-of-the.md)

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kate-chopin/the-awakening/she-says-a-wedding.md)