French revolution Quote by Hilary Mantel

“My Aunt Dahlia, who runs a woman's paper called Milady's Boudoir, had recently backed me into a corner and made me promise to write…

— Wodehouse

“Close behind us were our friends: Tjaden, a skinny locksmith of our own age, the biggest eater of the company. He sits down to…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“And you dare to wear the golden spurs of a knight? You dare to call yourself a Marshal of France and carry the fleur-de-lis…

— Anonymous

“Don’t you agree?” “Indeed,” Robert answered without thought, and then sharply shook his head. “I beg your pardon. You were saying?” “That Mr. Warner…

— Cindy Anstey

“Remember our story. You’re going to visit a cousin who has just started to farm in North Carolina. You’re taking gifts.” “Even though we’re…

— Ken Follett

“Frail to the point of invalidism, without family and with nothing to look forward to, she [Mlle Muguette] yet contrived to be happy. How…

— Gabriel Chevallier

“Julius waited stone-faced as the other centurions scattered to their centuries, eager to make sure their men were ready for a forced march, none…

— Anthony Riches

“Much of my unassisted self, and more by the help of Biddy than of Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt, I struggled through the alphabet as if…

— Charles Dickens

“Your friends are all the dullest dogs I know. They are not beautiful: they are only decorated. They are not clean: they are only…

— George Bernard Shaw

“My feelings-let's hold on to this idea of them as shuffling Victorians, let's make them servants, an entire uniformed household staff- were fresh, raw,…

— Joan Wickersham

“He keeps his voice kindly but remote. A cross between a pedagogue, soothsayer, and a benevolent uncle – that should be his tone.”

— Margaret Atwood

“So either this was a coincidence, or you have a traitor among the alphas.” Jim’s eyes flashed green. “There are no traitors on the…

— Ilona Andrews