Top 50 Rebecca Rosenberg Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “The public has an insatiable curiosity to know everything except what is worth knowing.”

— Rebecca Rosenberg

2. “How often do you see something you’ve tried to teach your children make an impact?”

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3. “What makes men defend their territories with might and violence?”

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4. “Etiquette can be tricky, Louise.” I strap her in the gig. “Inevitably, one finds oneself in a predicament where rules do not apply, or worse, they contradict each other. When that happens, one must listen to one’s heart for direction.”

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5. “Avec un peau d’aide de vos amis.”

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6. “C’est de la folie de parler de paix avec un loup.”

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7. “Duels are not so much to kill the opponent as to gain satisfaction. To restore one’s honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one’s life.”

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8. “I find that rules tend to hamper one’s inner voice, don’t you?”

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9. “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.”

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10. “They do not expect such misbehavior from me.”

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11. “I should have known you would create your own castle one day, You didn’t need me, after all.”

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12. “Esprit de l’escalier. Staircase wit; the brilliant thing you should have said, coming to you only as you leave by the stairs.”

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13. “Change is inescapable.” Greno sighs. “One must face the future with courage.”

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14. “Tidy fingernails, tidy mind. Another silly dictate from Etiquette for Ladies. I must really burn that book.”

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15. “I know where their skeletons are buried, and I don’t mean the cemetery.”

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16. “No one can dictate your name. That is for you to decide.”

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17. “No snowflake in a blizzard ever feels responsible.”

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18. “Si ce n’est pas une chose, c’en est une autre.”

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19. “Your heart extends to your taste in heart.”

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20. “Jeter de l’huile sur le feu Adding insult to injury As Reynard Wolfe supervises the inventory that determines the company’s fate, I shuffle through correspondence in Louis’s rolltop desk. Louise plays with my chatelaine tools on the Aubusson rug at my feet. She unreels the measuring tape, draws with the pencil, and winds the timepiece. My husband’s gift is useful after all. As.”

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21. “Did I think about their welfare with this decision? Admittedly not. And look where my selfishness got me.”

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22. “Louis, if there is one thing I learned from that wretched war, it’s that we can’t always follow the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is exactly what is called for.”

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23. “Love and respect dissolve the human constructs of class and religion.”

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24. “Change comes whether we are ready or not.”

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25. “Wars are senseless and cruel, fought for our power hungry emperor, not for the people.”

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26. “Why must men always talk of politics, war, and sports instead of art, literature, and music?”

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27. “Chaque jour de ta vie est un feuillet de ton histoire que tu ecris.”

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28. “The anchor symbolizes clarity and courage during chaos and confusion,” my Grand-mere says. “Chaos and Confusion, aren’t those your cats names?” Now I know her story is a delusion.”

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29. “What does one do when judged a laughingstock by the one person who matters most?”

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30. “One should never let fear ruin one’s thirst for knowledge,” he grins.”

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31. “La lumiere au bout du tunnel.”

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32. “How often men think us vapid because we keep our own counsel?”

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33. “Should I call you Louise as your husband.”

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34. “His heart thrashed like a bobcat in a trap. When he refused to run for governor, they begged him to run for lieutenant governor. Augusta was all for it, since she’d taken up with the Pioneer Ladies Society, serving punch in the back of the ballroom. Felt good to have her on his side for a change.”

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35. “Which is it, Madame Pommery, are you the daring coquette or a pillar of society?”

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36. “With no light and no mirror, I cannot tell a thing except the dress is dark. Dark as my mood. Dark as my future.”

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37. “Life can change in the flash of a shooting star, and the people we love can be out of our reach forever.”

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38. “Why are peasant men and women allowed to gather together after dinner, sharing stories by the hearth? What is it about the upper class that strives to separate us by gender, economics, and history?”

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39. “L’amour est aveugle.”

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40. “The tendrils of fear and uncertainty slowly unfurl around my heart, at least enough to hear a new beat of strength and hope.”

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41. “Sweet words cannot disguise the bitter truth,” I say.”

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42. “Heard straight from Napoleon’s mouth himself,” I say. “Champagne! In victory we deserve it, and in defeat we need it.”

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43. “Combattre le feu par le feu.”

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44. “May the sun shine on you all day long, everything go right and nothing wrong. May those you love bring love back to you, and may all the wishes you wish come true.”

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45. “Jeter de l’huile sur le feu.”

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46. “Why did I let Reynard Wolfe convince me to embalm and inter Louis.”

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47. “To experience this again uncovers an essential part of myself long forgotten.”

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48. “Il est temps d’ecouter son coeur.”

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49. “How marvelous that nature thrives even while men perpetrate hate and destruction.”

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50. “The only exception is that a widow can own a business. Strange consolation for losing one’s husband, I’d say.”

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