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title: "4 Hilary Mantel Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“In her autobiographical Giving Up the Ghost (2003), Hilary Mantel reveals: “I have always been addicted to something or other, usually something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-truss/in-her-autobiographical-giving-up-the-ghost-2003-hilary-mantel/)

[Lynne Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-truss/)

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> [Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/nothing-in-the-last-few-years-has-dazzled-me-more-than-hilary-mantel/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [I wouldn't dream of commenting on Hilary Mantel as a novelist, frankly I'd be grateful if she stayed off my patch as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-starkey/i-wouldn-t-dream-of-commenting-on-hilary-mantel-as-a-novelist-frankly/)

[David Starkey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-starkey/)

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> [I will read anything by Laura Hillenbrand, Walter Isaacson, Barbara Kingsolver, John le Carre, John Grisham, Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Anna Quindlen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-will-read-anything-by-laura-hillenbrand-walter-isaacson-barbara/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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