“You learn nothing about men by snubbing them and crushing their pride. You must ask them what it is they can do in this world, that they alone can do.”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
“No ruler in the history of the world has ever been able to afford a war. They're not affordable things. No prince ever says, 'This is my budget, so this is the kind of war I can have.”Hilary Mantel book Wolf HallSource: Wolf Hall