French revolution Quote by Hilary Mantel

“Dubnus. Brother. I wouldn’t have amounted to anything better than a rotting corpse in a ditch on the road south from Yew Grove without…

— Anthony Riches

“Rise up and lift your sword, peaceful warrior. Keep it strong and steady. You've already lived and fought a thousand battles, and you're not…

— Anne Clendening

“YOUNG MORTIMER: Thou proud disturber of thy country's peace, Corrupter of thy king, cause of these broils, Base flatterer, yield! and were it not…

— Christopher Marlowe

“Nadir we, youth born, axe wielders, blood letters, victors still.”

— David Gemmell

“Alric! Stop it!" Pickering snapped at him. "You mustn't let the men see you crying!" Fury flared in Alric, and he spun on the…

— Michael J. Sullivan

“I can't understand why dark northern soldiers and light ones are separated into different brigades. The dead are all buried together in hasty mass…

— Margarita Engle

“However, wretch as he was, he was still living under the shield of British law, and I have no doubt, Inspector, that you will…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“My friends,” he began with good cheer, “how do you like this way of coming back into the Union?” He went on to explain…

— Stephen W. Sears

“The Firm would go to war! Not soon enough, said I. For I wasn’t content to be content, to grow plump and pampered in…

— Kim Newman

“I am here on behalf of the people of the west. I speak for the Burrows.” “Ohh,” the Demon said, mockery dripping from the…

— S.G. Night

“...You think I lead these people for my own whim? I lead these people, honorable knight, because they have no one but me. Because…

— Hilari Bell

“You must meet old Rowbotham, Bertie. A delightful chap. Wants to massacre the bourgeoisie, sack Park Lane and disembowel the hereditary aristocracy. Well, nothing…

— P.G. Wodehouse