It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“He feared, in his secret heart, that one day in company the baby would sit up and speak; that it would engage… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“[T]here comes a point where the fear is too great and the human spirit just gives up and a child wanders off… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“When I was small I dreamed of demons. I thought they were under my bed, but you said, it can't be so,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“A man's power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguessed-at expression of his face. It… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“One fear creates a dereliction, the offense brings on a greater fear, and there comes a point where the fear is too… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“But it is no use to justify yourself. It is no good to explain. It is weak to be anecdotal. It is… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Your fear is, that if you marry Adèle, you will love her. If you have children, you will love them more than… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
People will identify with a persecuted minority without asking themselves what they are identifying with. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“The hunter is among the most innocent of men; living in the moment makes him feel pure. When he returns in the evening, his… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“But what would happen … I mean, what would be so awful … if they did meet up?” “Why, it would be like the… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
When you have committed enough words to paper, you feel you have a spine stiff enough to stand up in the wind. But when… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
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… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“The story of my own childhood is a complicated sentence that I am always trying to finish, to finish and put behind me. It… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“He wants to say, because Anne is not a carnal being, she is a calculating being, with a cold slick brain at work behind… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“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… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Mirabeau: “If you have been told to clear us from this hall, you must ask for orders to use force. We shall leave our… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“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… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
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