Truth Quotes by Hilary Mantel

10 Truth quotes by Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel’s historical novels are laced with sharp observations, and these ten brief lines showcase her thoughtful take on truth.

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The more history I learnt, the less interested I got in winning arguments and the more interested in establishing the truth.

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“In truth you cannot separate them, your public being and your private self.”

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Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she…

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“Robespierre has never forgiven his friends the injuries he has done them, nor the kindnesses he has received from them, nor the…

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“You start out, you start talking, you don’t even know what you’re going to say. You don’t even know your way to…

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“These are days of brutal truth from Tyndale. Saints are not your friends and they will not protect you. They cannot help…

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“What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with…

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“He looks at Norris, exasperated. He seems to think that with eloquence, with sincerity, with frankness, he can change what is happening.…

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“The Republic is six months old, and it’s flying apart. It has no cohesive force—only a monarchy has that. Surely you can…

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“Evidence is always partial. Facts are not truth, though they are part of it – information is not knowledge. And history is…

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“He wants to say, because Anne is not a carnal being, she is a calculating being, with a cold slick brain at work behind…

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“But my sins are my strength, he thinks; the sins I have done, that others have not even found the opportunity of committing. I…

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“Mirabeau: “If you have been told to clear us from this hall, you must ask for orders to use force. We shall leave our…

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“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…

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“Sion calls Anne an eel, he calls her a slippery dipper from the slime, and he remembers what the cardinal had called her: my…

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I spend a great deal of time on research, on finding all the available accounts of a scene or incident, finding out all the…

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“At the front, people die for their mistakes. Why should politicians be more gently treated? They made the war. They deserve a dozen deaths,…

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