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"You must thrive in spite of yourself; and so that you may do it, God takes out your heart of flesh, and gives you a heart of stone."

"It is treason. Possibly. To envisage the death of the king. The law recognizes it: how short the step from dreaming to desiring to encompassing... the thought is father to the deed, and the deed is born raw, ugly, premature."

Wild to read this after the No Kings protests

"He shouts for the waiters. The doors burst open. Sweating men heave the platters to the table. It seems the meat is fresh, in fact not slaughtered yet ... The Boleyns are laid at his hand to be carved."

"To everything there is a season: a time to starve and a time to thieve."

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Yes I am intentionally reading this alongside the Animal Farm storyline in Fables

Gonna share favorite quotes because Mantel's writing is just brilliant:

"What is the nature of the border between truth and lies? It is permeable and blurred because it is planted thick with rumour, confabulation, misunderstandings and twisted tales. Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the door."

The dystopia of this particular novel is a literal hellish nightmare. Good Lord. The Cipher levels of messed up.

I'm devouring this audiobook. So enriching of both mind and body

What the fuck

These sections on Harriet Hosmer finally made this book seem to click for me. Perhaps my brain is smart after all 🧠

The parts where the author repeats Jesus parables sure are boring...

This might be too smart for my current brain but I'm enjoying it 🧠

Inferno: ✅😈
Next up: Purgatorio