Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes

Suppose within each book there is another book, and within every letter on every page another volume constantly unfolding; but these volumes take no space on the desk. Suppose knowledge could be reduced to a quintessence, held within a picture, a sign, held within a place which is no place. Suppose the human skull were to become capacious, spaces opening inside it, humming chambers like beehives.

Hilary Mantel

Quotes to Explore

Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.

Sam Childers
- Children
- Night
- City
I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.

Yishan Wong
It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.

Walker Stapleton
- Work
- Hope
- Solution
Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.

Kate Williams
- Thought
- Devil
- Witch
When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.

Kangana Ranaut
- Time
- Mother
- Parents
I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.

Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
- Know
- Football
- Goal