The+Awakening+Chapters+24-28

1. "Well, for instance, when I left her to-day, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see is my wings were strong, she said. 'The bird that would soar above the plain of traditionand prejudive must have strong wings. Is is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.'" - p. 116

2. "One of these days," she said, "I am going to pull myself together for a while and think- try to determine what character of a woman I am; for, cadidly, I don't know. By all the codes which I am acquainted with, I am a devilishly wicked specemin of the sex. But some way I can't convince myself that I am. I must think about it." - p. 115

3. I was not despair; but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promise broken and unfulfilled. Yet there were other days when she listened, was led on and deceived by fresh promises which her youth held out to her. -p. 103

4. She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality....There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips. - p. 117

5. Neither was it quite clear to Edna herself; but it unfolded itself as she sat for awhile in silence. Instinct had prompted her to put away her husband's bounty in casting off her allegiance. She did not know how it would be when he returned. There would have to be an undestainding, an explaination. Conditions would some way adjust themselves, she felt; but whatever came she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself. - p. 111

6. "Now it is you who are telling lies and seeking to deceive me, Mademoiselle; or else you have never been in love, and know nothing about it. Why," went on Edna, clasping her knees and looking up into Mademoiselle's twisted face, "do you suppose a woman knows why she loves?" pg. 112