“It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”Hilary Mantel book Wolf HallSource: Wolf Hall
“When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them.”Hilary Mantel book Wolf HallSource: Wolf Hall
“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 Mantel book Wolf HallSource: Wolf Hall