At New Year's he had given Anne a present of silver forks with handles of rock crystal. He hopes she will use them to eat with, not to stick in people.
Hilary MantelTag: humor
This was the usual thing. What I asked for was facts: what I got was a sermon.
Hilary MantelHe thinks, I remembered you, Thomas More, but you didn't remember me. You never even saw me coming.
Hilary MantelI look like a watermelon with a great slice hacked out. I say to myself, it's just another border post on the frontier between medicine and greengrocery; growths and tumour seem always to be described as "the size of a plum" or "the size of a grapefruit".
Hilary MantelI can’t divide Camille’s loyalties. Who knows? He might make the wrong choice.
Hilary MantelTag: friendship french-revolution
So many years of preparation, for what was called adult life: was it for this?
Hilary MantelFeminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.
Hilary MantelTag: feminism
He feels as if he is floating, and she is weighting him to earth; he would like to put his arms around her and his face in her apron, and rest there listening to her heartbeat. But he doesn't want to mess her up, get blood all down the front of her.
Hilary MantelI was bound to step out of line, if only because I did not know where the line was: if only because I did not know anything.
Hilary MantelYou're only young once, they say, but doesn't it go on for a long time? More years than you can bear.
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