“ He needs guilty men. So he has found men who are guilty. Though perhaps not guilty as charged. Hilary Mantel
“ He looks at Norris, exasperated. He seems to think that with eloquence, with sincerity, with frankness, he can change what is happening. The whole court has seen him slobbering over the queen. How cou… Hilary Mantel
“ He had only thought, and Wolsey had only thought, that the Emperor and Spain would be against it. Only the Emperor. He smiles in the dark, hands behind his head. He doesn't say which people, but waits… Hilary Mantel
“ He had meant to write to Gregory and say, I have seen such a sweet girl, I will find out who she is and, if I steer our family adroitly in the next few years, perhaps you can marry her. He has not wri… Hilary Mantel
“ He did not relish the topic; he sensed in Jane Rochford’s tone the peculiar cruelty of women. They fight with the poor weapons God has bestowed – spite, guile, skill in deceit – and it is likely that… Hilary Mantel
“ Hans nods emphatically, lips pressed together, eyes bright and taunting, like a dog who steals a handkerchief so you will chase Hilary Mantel
“ God loves us, after all; He manifests it in cancer, cholera, Siamese twins. Not all forms of love are comprehensible, and some forms of love destroy what they touch Hilary Mantel
“ For one never thinks of you alone, Cremuel, but in company, studying the faces of other people, as if you yourself mean to paint them. You make other men think, not what does he look like? but what do… Hilary Mantel
“ For I imagine the devil, when he goes to walk in the world, spruces himself in his dressing room, where the fire burns blue in its grate and the mirrors are draped with black. I imagine how he sleeks… Hilary Mantel
“ Fabre looked up, his mobile face composed. Good-bye, he said. Georges-Jacques--study law. Law is a weapon. Hilary Mantel
“ Elijah told Ahab that the dogs would lick his blood, and so it came to pass, as you would imagine, since only the successful prophets are remembered Hilary Mantel
“ DANTON: Could you indeed? It's you idealists who make the best tyrants.ROBESPIERRE: It seems a bit late to be having this conversation. I've had to take up violence now, and so much else. We should ha… Hilary Mantel
“ Cromwell, suppose you’d been away from England for seven years? If you’d been like a knight in a story, lying under an enchantment? You would look around you and wonder, who are they, these people? 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 to know as you saddle up? Hilary Mantel
“ Christ, he thinks, by my age I ought to know. You don't get on by being original. You don't get on by being bright. You don't get on by being strong. You get on by being a subtle crook; somehow he thi… Hilary Mantel
“ But what would happen … I mean, what would be so awful … if they did meet up? Why, it would be like the West, Samira said. There would be harassment. People would be all the time having love affair. Hilary Mantel
“ But the winter king, less occupied, will begin to think about his conscience. He will begin to think about his pride. He will begin to prepare the prizes for those who can deliver him results. Hilary Mantel
“ But chivalry’s day is over. One day soon moss will grow in the tilt yard. The days of the moneylender have arrived, and the days of the swaggering privateer; banker sits down with banker, and kings ar… Hilary Mantel
“ Bargain all you like. Consign yourself to the hangman if you must. The people don't give a fourpenny fuck.512 Hilary Mantel
