Quotes by : Hilary Mantel

By the hairy balls of Jesus

... every monarch needs a blow on the head, from time to time.

But you see, Crumb, it is hard to give up what you have worked at since you were a boy. There were some....

You mustn't stand about. Come home with me to dinner.’‘No.’ More shakes his head. ‘I would rather....

England is always remaking herself, her cliffs eroding, her sandbanks drifting, springs bubbling up in....

If Mary's blood is Spanish, at least it is royal. And at least she can walk straight and has control....

History offers us vicarious experience. It allows the youngest student to possess the ground equally....

When I was small I dreamed of demons. I thought they were under my bed, but you said, it can't be so,....

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted....

You come to this place, mid-life. You don’t know how you got here, but suddenly you’re staring fifty....