--- title: "1 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes By Kelsey Brickl" description: "1 Napoleon Bonaparte quotes by Kelsey Brickl. Plus more from Kelsey Brickl and more Napoleon Bonaparte sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/kelsey-brickl-28223_france_sometimes-a-revolution-turns-into-an-act_1142458.jpg" --- > [“Sometimes a revolution turns into an actual government, or at the very least an actual way of life that contrasts with days past like blood on snow. Such was the case in France, where even as the guillotine released a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/sometimes-a-revolution-turns-into-an-actual-government-or-at-the-very/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/kelsey-brickl-28223_france_sometimes-a-revolution-turns-into-an-act_1142458.jpg) ## More by Kelsey Brickl > [“Praying to the Almighty, Javert?” called a voice, and Javert opened his eyes to see Rousseau and Leclerc smirking at him. Javert tipped his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/praying-to-the-almighty-javert-called-a-voice-and-javert-opened-his/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/he-was-an-indecent-man-i-told-myself-prayerfully-and-then-i-prayed/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“She parted her lips as though she were going to scold him, but, after a moment of sitting with her mouth agape like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/she-parted-her-lips-as-though-she-were-going-to-scold-him-but-after-a/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“When some women felt fear, they covered it with an iron grate of courage, I thought. Men might be dangerous, but they were very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/when-some-women-felt-fear-they-covered-it-with-an-iron-grate-of/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“Thus, in the boy’s mind, drink and destruction braided together. Intoxication, he concluded, was a swift and effective catalyst for havoc.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/thus-in-the-boy-s-mind-drink-and-destruction-braided-together/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/the-ground-had-opened-up-and-spit-out-hell-nell-thought-and-the/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“Sometimes a revolution turns into an actual government, or at the very least an actual way of life that contrasts with days past like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/sometimes-a-revolution-turns-into-an-actual-government-or-at-the-very/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“Fire on the cavalry!” cried an officer from behind them. 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It was that the world was dangerous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/it-wasn-t-that-nell-was-weak-it-was-that-the-world-was-dangerous/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“She was an afterthought, little Martha. She was treated the way many families treated pet dogs - she had to be fed and cleaned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-brickl/she-was-an-afterthought-little-martha-she-was-treated-the-way-many/) [Kelsey Brickl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-brickl/) > [“Sometimes the smoke from the factories and riverboats and trains would obscure the night sky entirely. 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