“ Of course I have had to rearrange the text a bit— bugger about with it, as Hébert would say. Hilary Mantel
“ My lord, what do you call a whore when she is a knight’s daughter? Ah, the cardinal says, entering into the problem. To her face, ‘my lady. Hilary Mantel
“ It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires. Hilary Mantel
“ If you want to do his soul good, why do you continually obstruct him? It hardly makes him a better man. Do you never think that, if you had bowed to the king’s wishes years ago, if you had entered a c… Hilary Mantel
“ I know what you want. One month after the ascension of Philippe the Gullible, M. Laclos found in a gutter, deceased. Blamed on a traffic accident. Two months after, King Philippe found in a gutter, de… Hilary Mantel
“ His sister Kat, her husband, Morgan Williams, have been plucked from this life as fast as his daughters were taken, one day walking and talking and next day cold as stones, tumbled into their Thames-s… Hilary Mantel
“ He, Cromwell, watches. They are not the same couple from day to day: sometimes doting, sometimes chilly and distanced. The billing and cooing, on the whole, is the more painful to watch.516 Hilary Mantel
“ He, Cromwell, says to his visitors, just tell them this, and tell them loud: to each monk, one bed: to each bed, one monk. Is that so hard for them? Hilary Mantel
“ He thinks, I remembered you, Thomas More, but you didn't remember me. You never even saw me coming. Hilary Mantel
“ He stepped back, looked up. Cut into the stone above his head were the words RUE MARAT.For a moment he had the urge to turn back around the corner, climb the stairs, shout to the servants not to bothe… Hilary Mantel
“ God knows, Charpentier said, I like the present scheme of things very little, but I dread to think what will happen if the conduct of reform falls into hands like yours.Reform? Camille said. I’m not t… Hilary Mantel
“ And they say [money's] the root of all evil. Well, Protestants say that. Catholics know better. Hilary Mantel
“ All that evening he talked to the Candle of Arras, in a low confidential tone. When you get down to it, he thought, there's not much difference between politics and sex; it's all aboutpower. He didn't… Hilary Mantel
“ It's all very well planning what you will do in six months, what you will do in a year, but it's no good at all if you don't have a plan for tomorrow. Hilary Mantel
“ You once told me, when you visited my house, how Anne conducts herself with men: she says, Yes, yes, yes, yes, no.’ Wyatt nods; he recognises those words; he looks sorry he spoke them. ‘Now you may ha… Hilary Mantel
“ You know I'm not a man with whom you can have inconsequential conversations. I cannot split myself into two, one your friend and the other the king's servant. Hilary Mantel
