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> [“But I had to think to myself that this was normal, because that was the attitude. I was 19 when I went to see my doctor and I was told it was all in the mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/but-i-had-to-think-to-myself-that-this-was-normal-because-that-was/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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> [It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem among teenage girls, and it's something that every young woman who has painful menstruation should be aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/it-s-not-easy-to-diagnose-because-depending-where-the-endometrial-2/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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## Other authors on Chronic pain

- [Michael Bihovsky 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chronic-pain/michael-bihovsky/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chronic-pain/john-green/)

## More by Hilary Mantel

> [People will identify with a persecuted minority without asking themselves what they are identifying with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/people-will-identify-with-a-persecuted-minority-without-asking/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“The hunter is among the most innocent of men; living in the moment makes him feel pure. When he returns in the evening, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/the-hunter-is-among-the-most-innocent-of-men-living-in-the-moment/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“But what would happen … I mean, what would be so awful … if they did meet up?” “Why, it would be like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/but-what-would-happen-i-mean-what-would-be-so-awful-if-they-did-meet/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [When you have committed enough words to paper, you feel you have a spine stiff enough to stand up in the wind. But when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/when-you-have-committed-enough-words-to-paper-you-feel-you-have-a/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [At New Year's he had given Anne a present of silver forks with handles of rock crystal. He hopes she will use them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/at-new-year-s-he-had-given-anne-a-present-of-silver-forks-with/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“The story of my own childhood is a complicated sentence that I am always trying to finish, to finish and put behind me. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/the-story-of-my-own-childhood-is-a-complicated-sentence-that-i-am/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“He wants to say, because Anne is not a carnal being, she is a calculating being, with a cold slick brain at work behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/he-wants-to-say-because-anne-is-not-a-carnal-being-she-is-a/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“Come to that, don't pay out good money for horoscopes. If things are going to go badly for you, is that what you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/come-to-that-don-t-pay-out-good-money-for-horoscopes-if-things-are/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/but-my-sins-are-my-strength-he-thinks-the-sins-i-have-done-that/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/feminism-hasn-t-failed-it-s-just-never-been-tried/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“Mirabeau: “If you have been told to clear us from this hall, you must ask for orders to use force. We shall leave our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/mirabeau-if-you-have-been-told-to-clear-us-from-this-hall-you-must/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“Cardinal Campeggio has implored Katherine to bow to the king's will, accept that her marriage is invalid and retire to a convent. Certainly, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/cardinal-campeggio-has-implored-katherine-to-bow-to-the-king-s-will/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“Sion calls Anne an eel, he calls her a slippery dipper from the slime, and he remembers what the cardinal had called her: my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/sion-calls-anne-an-eel-he-calls-her-a-slippery-dipper-from-the-slime/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [I spend a great deal of time on research, on finding all the available accounts of a scene or incident, finding out all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/i-spend-a-great-deal-of-time-on-research-on-finding-all-the-available/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

> [“At the front, people die for their mistakes. Why should politicians be more gently treated? They made the war. They deserve a dozen deaths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/at-the-front-people-die-for-their-mistakes-why-should-politicians-be/)

[Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/)

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