Hilary Mantel

Quotes by Hilary Mantel

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Writer · British · 1952–2022

British writer (1952–2022)

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“The gift blesses the giver.”
— Hilary Mantel
1521-1529 an-occult-history-of-britain gifts thomas-cromwell

“It's just that you are practiced at persuading, and sometimes it's quite difficult, sir to distinguish being persuaded by you from being knocked down in street and stamped on.Pg.406”
— Hilary Mantel
persuasion richard-cromwell sales

“You mustn't stand about. Come home with me to dinner.’‘No.’ More shakes his head. ‘I would rather be blown around on the river and go home hungry. If I could trust you only to put food in my mouth ...”
— Hilary Mantel
family-relationships humor

“Is a woman bound to wifely obedience, when the result will be to turn her out of the estate of wife?”
— Hilary Mantel
catherine-of-aragon duty wife

“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 says sweetly, she will become a nun: if the king wil...”
— Hilary Mantel
catherine-of-aragon wit

“The prose,” Robespierre said. “It’s so clean, no conceits, no show, no wit. He means every word. Formerly, you see, he meant every other word. That was his style.”
— Hilary Mantel
journalism