Author: Hilary Mantel

Quotes

History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.

History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.

- Hilary Mantel

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

- Hilary Mantel

It follows that if you are not a mother you are not a grandmother. Your life has become unpunctuated, whereas the lives of other women around you have these distinct phases.

It follows that if you are not a mother you are not a grandmother. Your life has become unpunctuated, whereas the lives of other women around you have these distinct phases.

- Hilary Mantel

What fascinates me are the turning points where history could have been different.

What fascinates me are the turning points where history could have been different.

- Hilary Mantel

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