Quotes by Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety

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Just think, she said to herself. I could be living on the Right Bank. I could be married to a senior clerk at the Treasu — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Fabre stood up. He placed his fingertips on d‘Anton’s temples. “Put your fingers here,” he said. “Feel the resonance. Pu — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
This revolution - will it be a living?''We must hope so. Look, I have to go, I'm visiting a client. He's going to be han — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
As Danton sees it, the most bizarre aspect of Camille's character is his desire to scribble over every blank surface; he — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
He feared, in his secret heart, that one day in company the baby would sit up and speak; that it would engage his eyes, — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
All that evening he talked to the Candle of Arras, in a low confidential tone. When you get down to it, he thought, ther — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
The maid found a handkerchief of hers, under the bed in which she had died. A ring that had been missing turned up in hi — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
He saw that it was the gaps that were important, the spaces between the threads which made the pattern, and not the thre — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Talking to Robespierre, one tried to make the right noises; but what is right, these days? Address yourself to the milit — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
This is Maximilien de Robespierre, barrister-at-law: unmarried, personable, a young man with all his life before him. To — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Law of Suspects. Suspects are those: who have in any way aided tyranny (royal tyranny, Brissotin tyranny...); who cannot — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Fabre looked up, his mobile face composed. "Good-bye," he said. "Georges-Jacques--study law. Law is a weapon. — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
He looked the Prince up and down, like a hangman taking his measurements. 'Of course there will be a revolution,' he sai — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
Your fear is, that if you marry Adèle, you will love her. If you have children, you will love them more than anything el — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
I daresay something will happen, between now and ’91, to make your fortunes look up. — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
I know what you want. One month after the ascension of Philippe the Gullible, M. Laclos found in a gutter, deceased. Bla — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
1776: A declaration of the Parlement of Paris:The first rule of justice is to conserve for each individual that which be — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for t — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably t — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety
As the year goes on, certain deputies—and others, high in public life—will appear unshaven, without coat or cravat; or t — Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety