French revolution Quote by Hilary Mantel

“Georges was in a rage. It is a spectacle to comtemplate, his rage. He tore off his cravat, strode about the room, his throat…

— Hilary Mantel

“He continues to believe, here on his French leave, and at his ease, that the interference is temporary and paper, a matter of messages…

— Thomas Pynchon

“He knew it was necessary to drive the French out, but he had always imagined that this would be done gloriously, with thousands of…

— Paul Bowles

“long ago, there’d been choices he could have made that would have sent him on a different path. But those days were dead, and…

— Steven Erikson

“Georges told me he would be back, and I have no reason to disbelieve him—but perhaps you’d like to sit down here and write…

— Hilary Mantel

“I am not a terrorist. The death of the innocent is not something I take pleasure in—unlike you people. But hard choices must be…

— Stephen England

“I think back to those days after the Bastille fell, the Mercure Nationale run from the back of the shop, that little Louise sticking…

— Hilary Mantel

“Have I told you how beautiful you look tonight?" "That brandy you had before we left home has dulled your senses, Devlyn. However, I…

— Monica Burns

“Jacob wore a tetchy air of mild resentment that Paul couldn't begin to understand. He was forty and his father was bankrolling him; what…

— Amy Waldman

“Although I know very little of the Steppenwolf's life, I have all the same good reason to suppose that he was brought up by…

— Hermann Hesse

“He wrestled with himself, like Jacob . . . like every leader ever to set foot on this earth. It is not faith that…

— Guillermo del Toro

“He stepped back, looked up. Cut into the stone above his head were the words RUE MARAT. For a moment he had the urge…

— Hilary Mantel