The bird that would soar above the plane of tradition and p… - Kate Chopin

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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

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Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1851 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels.

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Pen Names: La Tour

Birth Name: Katherine O'Flaherty

Alternative Names: Catherine O'Flaherty

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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.

And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost.

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

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