“A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.”

“What a revolution in her ideas!”

“Tea, late dinners and the French Revolution. I cannot exactly see the connection of ideas.”

“The Immovable Object can also be construed as an idea whosetime has come. It’s an idea of proportions that the human mind canonly grasp a small portion. Like the idea of freedom during the daysof revolution—only a handful understand what it means for the longterm, but it’s the idea that cause people to take up arms, revoltagainst the ruling class and fight for what they perceive to befreedom.”

“She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and made everything bend to it.”

“Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.”