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1 " How would I be remembered by them, or would I be remembered at al? For memories were soon all that was to be left of me. And the sole, final hope I had was that somehow the memory of would matter - to my friends, to my lovers, to my country. "
― Laura Kamoie , Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women
2 " True respect if formed when you find something upon which you disagree and yet remain on good terms. "
― Kate Quinn , Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women
3 " Listen to an enemy rant and you can learn much about him. "
4 " Bookish women are not the happiest females, for the world does not like to see a woman’s head bent over anything but a cradle, a cooking pot, or a rosary. "
5 " That division between emotion and logic, more than any other, was the one beginning to divide this new government. In the beginning it was the royalists and the revolutionaries, but now there were factions among the revolutionaries, "
6 " they were divided into the men of extremism and violence, and the men of moderation and reason. "
7 " believed other young ladies would be scholars if only such qualities were prized and encouraged in us. Nevertheless, "
8 " what good was a life that brought so much suffering? What good was a life "
9 " without rights, and the hope of a better future? "
