Books Quote by Hilary Mantel

People will identify with a persecuted minority without asking themselves what they are identifying with.

— Hilary Mantel

“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

“But what would happen … I mean, what would be so awful … if they did meet up?” “Why, it would be like the…

— Hilary Mantel

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

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

“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

“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

“Come to that, don't pay out good money for horoscopes. If things are going to go badly for you, is that what you need…

— Hilary Mantel

“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

Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.

— Hilary Mantel

“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

“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