“I would give up my life for my children, but not myself.” GivingChildrenSelfGiving UpMy Children Author:Kate Chopin
“I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but I wouldnt give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me.” GivingChildrenI CanClearGiving UpMy ChildrenRevealing Book:The Awakening Source: The Awakening
“I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.” GivingChildrenGiving UpAwakeningMy Children Book:The Awakening Source: The Awakening
“Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.” ChildrenExistencePeriodsAwakeningInwardConformSmall Life Book:The Awakening Source: The Awakening
“The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.” KnowsChildrenRealMotherIndividualGrowsEasyHolyHusbandSummerAngelWingsPrivilegeHarmAwakeningImaginaryThreatenedIsleFlutteringIdolized Book:The Awakening Source: The Awakening
