Napoleonic History Quotes

“Esprit de l’escalier. Staircase wit; the brilliant thing you should have said, coming to you only as you leave by the stairs”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

“From then on, my sense of smell swelled beyond reason. Mostly ordinary odors, but sometimes I imagine I can smell the stink of a lie. Or the perfume of a pure heart. Or the heartbreaking smell of what could have been.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

“Fighting is a soldier’s only religion. But it has proven useful to adopt the religion of the country I wish to conquer.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

“No snowflake in a blizzard ever feels responsible.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

“Life can change in the flash of a shooting star, and the people we love can be out of our reach forever.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot

“Politics is a moving target with no bullseye of truth, breaking up more families than uniting them.”
― Rebecca Rosenberg, Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot