Frankness Quote by Hilary Mantel Download Open image ““He makes a gesture, designed to impersonate frankness.”” — Hilary Mantel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Frankness
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“we’re shadows of gestures performed by someone else, embodied effects, consequences that feel.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“He was uncannily skilled at dissecting hidden meaning behind every interaction.” — Kathleen Tessaro Copy Share Image
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“Flaubert prided himself on his frankness; it was indeed brutal.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
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“...his hand spread itself out flat on the table. I paused and took another good look at him. There was something otherworldly about him,… — Anne Rice 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
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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… — 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
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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Revealing yourself, physically or emotionally, to cast and crew is frequently uncomfortable. But it is essential if you want to to tell the truth.… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image
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I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
