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“She lives on the fumes of whiskey and the iron in the blood of her prey.”
― Hilary Mantel, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

“Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

“A statute is written to entrap meaning, a poem to escape it.”
― Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

“I was always desired. But now i am valued. And that is a different thing, i find.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall