“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

About this quote:

Kate Chopin (born February 8, 1850) wrote early feminist novel The Awakening. She first began writing on the advice of her doctor, who thought that it would be therapeutic after the close deaths of her mother and her husband. 

 

“We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.”
― Sinclair Lewis

About this quote:

Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis' (born February 7, 1885) most popular novels, Main Street and Babbitt, were satires of American life. As a Yale student, Lewis met Jack London and sold him plots for 14 short stories, earning $70.