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Hilary Mantel Quotes

My first two novels were very black comedies Picture Quote #1

92, 93, 94. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death Picture Quote #1

Beneath every history, another history Picture Quote #1

For historians, creative writers provide a kind of pornography Picture Quote #1

[H]ope takes you by the throat like a stranger, it makes your heart leap Picture Quote #1

But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can’t remember ever reading a story without judging it Picture Quote #1

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History is a set of skills rather than a narrative Picture Quote #1

God takes out your heart of flesh, and gives you a heart of stone Picture Quote #1

Memory isn’t a theme; it’s part of the human condition Picture Quote #1

Feminism hasn’t failed, it’s just never been tried Picture Quote #1

Insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before Picture Quote #1

A statute is written to entrap meaning, a poem to escape it Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes peace looks like war, you cannot tell them apart Picture Quote #1

Those who are made can be unmade Picture Quote #1

So many years of preparation, for what was called adult life: was it for this? Picture Quote #1

It is almost a joke, but a joke that nobody tells Picture Quote #1

I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only Picture Quote #1

Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing Picture Quote #1

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A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers Picture Quote #1

History offers us vicarious experience. It allows the youngest student to possess the ground equally with his elders; without a knowledge of history to give him a context for present events, he is at the mercy of every social misdiagnosis handed to him Picture Quote #1

You can have a silence full of words. A lute retains, in its bowl, the notes it has played. The viol, in its strings, holds a concord. A shriveled petal can hold its scent, a prayer can rattle with curses; an empty house, when the owners have gone out, can still be loud with ghosts Picture Quote #1

You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do Picture Quote #1

Though I have never thought of myself as a book collector, there are shelves in our house browsed so often, on so many rainy winter nights, that the contents have seeped into me as if by osmosis Picture Quote #1

I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970, and the book, I could see by its lack of date stamps, had been lying unappreciated on the shelves of my convent school library since its publication in 1945 Picture Quote #1

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My first two novels were very black comedies (Hilary Mantel Quotes) 92, 93, 94. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity or Death. (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Beneath every history, another history (Hilary Mantel Quotes) For historians, creative writers provide a kind of pornography (Hilary Mantel Quotes) [H]ope takes you by the throat like a stranger, it makes your heart leap (Hilary Mantel Quotes) But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can’t remember ever reading a story without judging it (Hilary Mantel Quotes) History is a set of skills rather than a narrative (Hilary Mantel Quotes) God takes out your heart of flesh, and gives you a heart of stone (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Memory isn’t a theme; it’s part of the human condition (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Feminism hasn’t failed, it’s just never been tried (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before (Hilary Mantel Quotes) A statute is written to entrap meaning, a poem to escape it (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Sometimes peace looks like war, you cannot tell them apart (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Those who are made can be unmade (Hilary Mantel Quotes) So many years of preparation, for what was called adult life: was it for this? (Hilary Mantel Quotes) It is almost a joke, but a joke that nobody tells (Hilary Mantel Quotes) I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing (Hilary Mantel Quotes) A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers (Hilary Mantel Quotes) History offers us vicarious experience. It allows the youngest student to possess the ground equally with his elders; without a knowledge of history to give him a context for present events, he is at the mercy of every social misdiagnosis handed to him (Hilary Mantel Quotes) You can have a silence full of words. A lute retains, in its bowl, the notes it has played. The viol, in its strings, holds a concord. A shriveled petal can hold its scent, a prayer can rattle with curses; an empty house, when the owners have gone out, can still be loud with ghosts (Hilary Mantel Quotes) You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do (Hilary Mantel Quotes) Though I have never thought of myself as a book collector, there are shelves in our house browsed so often, on so many rainy winter nights, that the contents have seeped into me as if by osmosis (Hilary Mantel Quotes) I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970, and the book, I could see by its lack of date stamps, had been lying unappreciated on the shelves of my convent school library since its publication in 1945 (Hilary Mantel Quotes)