Kate Chopin
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It shouldn't be this hard, and it s... KATE Let's just lay in the grass, and look at the stars, and fall asleep in the middle of counting. KATE Better focus on what seems to be more important, then what make's me feel more alive...
But the thou... KATE Why do people get back in the box ?,
when deep down inside there isn't room enough.
And even though ... KATE Reading between the lines is supposed to lift you up, except when the message reminds you of the mis... KATE Tic tac, tic tac.
Three o clock, it's time to stop,
Thinking about what is not.
Tic tac, tic tac
May... KATE Being confused about you're own insecurity's, when other people turn out to be not what they seem, a... KATE Those little boxes people put you in, while they should try the other sizes... KATE Sometimes I forget how it feels to meet new people who are passionate about the same things.
But whe... KATE Glistening grains of sand, so soft and warm
being sleepless in the desert has it's charm.
A billion ... KATE Is it okay to lose you'reself once in a while.....
Maybe I am lost longer then I think.... KATE They won't chase me wen I walk away. Not worth chasing I gues,... so I'll just keep on walking alone... KATE No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.......
Now I know what I did wrong all the ti... KATE Don't approach someone with false intensions, especcialy when they are not good enough. Because ther... KATE My sore throath can't find my voice anywere, and my thought's can't find my sleep. KATE Time is precious....I would love to spend a day how I really want to spend it...or maybe a few.. KATE Back to the corner where you came from, and dim that little light, before it finally discover's how ... KATE I tried to stop the morning coming in so fast
Why is it impossible to make those silent moments last... KATE I need a whiskey (or 2) , a party, and some fun,
but it looks like I have to settle for less again. KATE You can listen to a song a thousand times, and then, suddenly, the lyrics kick in,.... like someone ... KATE If water would be running up,
would it wash away the spots,
underneath the places, where we usually ... KATE No one knows that a simple and calculated decision for the one with potential, is the final end of t... KATE LAUREN KATE KATE MIDDLETON KATE FORSYTH KATE MOSS KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON KATE KLISE Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doi... KATE ATKINSON Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely ex... KATE GRENVILLE KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET KATE WINSLET British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, ho... KATE WILLIAMS People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureh... KATE WILLIAMS When I was a child, one of my first games was a time machine which I made for my brother - a big box... KATE WILLIAMS I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors. KATE WILLIAMS One woman came up to me at a lecture and observed that I was much fatter than on television; I think... KATE WILLIAMS I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it'... KATE WILLIAMS Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for the... KATE WILLIAMS I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women... KATE WILLIAMS The 19th century became the age of the museum. Objects were scrambled for, specimens seized, and fri... KATE WILLIAMS Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history... KATE WILLIAMS I really enjoy watching TV; it offers an amazing window, and its an incredible way of presenting his... KATE WILLIAMS Precise historical reasons are difficult to pinpoint, but red hair, it seems, bestows a sense of oth... KATE WILLIAMS The modern museum has multiple purposes - to curate and preserve, to research, and to reach out to t... KATE WILLIAMS Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and pa... KATE WILLIAMS I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems tha... KATE WILLIAMS Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth a... KATE WILLIAMS Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in pow... KATE WILLIAMS I like boxes because of the secrets they hide. KATE WILLIAMS The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or ... KATE WILLIAMS I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016... KATE WILLIAMS Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 m... KATE WILLIAMS Acting was all I ever really wanted to do. KATE WALSH For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, ... KATE WALSH Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if ... KATE WALSH I struggle with control. KATE WALSH I loved campaigning for Obama. KATE WALSH My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back. KATE WALSH I still like to make crank calls. KATE WALSH I would definitely love to be a parent. KATE WALSH No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' g... KATE WALSH There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture. KATE WALSH I'm not a clean freak. My house is a mess. KATE WALSH I've done every diet there is. KATE WALSH Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes. KATE WALSH I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try! KATE WALSH You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you. KATE WALSH I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast canc... KATE WALSH I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead. KATE WALSH I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes. KATE WALSH I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day. KATE WALSH People always say you can't do a red lip if you have red hair but I've never shied away from... KATE WALSH I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice. KATE WALSH I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine. KATE WALSH I drink tons of water. When you're puffy, you think you can't drink water since you feel mor... KATE WALSH I've got four roommates and they all have fur and tails. KATE WALSH I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of... KATE VOEGELE I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations.... KATE VOEGELE I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celeb... KATE VOEGELE I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete. KATE VOEGELE My music is the chicken soup kind. I want people to get a good feeling in their soul from these song... KATE VOEGELE More than anything I want to get up there and hang out with the audience, make everybody feel like i... KATE VOEGELE I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now ... 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Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will a... 
She hugged herself and told herself that she was brave, and she almost believed herself [...] 
She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at t... 
She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels t... 
She felt a cage coming down around her; too late she realized that he had her trapped by the heart. ... 
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The adversary she found herself forced to fight was not worth matching or beating; it was not a supe... 
She could feel the blood flowing within her and she felt that she must die or break forth into leave... 
But how could she tell him that the reason she always acted so disinterested in everything was becau... 
She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making ... 
That was what her parents did not understand—and had never understood—about stories. Liza told h... 
although she went home that night feeling happier than she had ever been in her short life, she did ... 
It seemed to me an error in reasoning for a man to isolate a woman he loves from all the circumstanc... 
He was right – she was beating herself up about hurting his feelings. The girl was a classic marty... 
It was mild monsters like these that made Jack the Ripper go after young women, she decided: who cou... 
Everything, even herself, was now unbearable to her. She wished that, taking wing like a bird, she c... 
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She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was no... 
Some twenty years her senior, he preserved a gift that she supposed herself to have already lost--no... 
I guess it’s time.”
With Peter, she was laid bare; he extracted her from herself. 
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She smiled at him. “How did you know just what I’d want to see?”
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To the voices in our heads that tell us we aren't good enough: do be quiet. 
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...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all... 
Stop it, she told herself.
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Peter..."
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So the storm passed and every one was happy. 
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Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in one's birthplace. 
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Sometimes I wish life had a fast-forward button. 
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Be fearless. Be glib. Be enigmatic. Read. Never give up. 
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Storytelling is as old as speech. It existed before humans first began to carve shapes in stones and... 
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I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults. 
I hate to cook and love to eat. 
I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the chil...