“Every time you go to see Hamlet you don't expect it to have a happy ending...you're still enthralled. (Interview BBC Radio 4… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“This man was no pampered gentleman, born to a life of softness. No, this man was a brawler, a scrapper, a street… — V.E. Lynne Copy Share Image
“I think, if you're going to kill a man, do it. Don't write him a letter about it. Don't bluster and threaten… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“In the forest you may find yourself lost, without companions. You may come to a river which is not on a map.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“So now get up.' Felled, dazed, silent, he has fallen; knocked full length on the cobbles of the yard. His head turns… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“When the cardinal came to a closed door he would flatter it--oh beautiful yielding door! Then he would try tricking it open.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“He knows different now. It's the living that chase the dead. The long bones and skulls are tumbled from their shrouds, and… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“I picked up a snake once. In Italy." "Why did you do that?" "For a bet." "Was it poisonous?" "We didn't know.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
