Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Hilary Mantel
British writer
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer best known for historical fiction, as well as memoir and short stories. Her work ranged across several forms, and she published from the mid-1980s onward. Her first novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, appeared in 1985. Over her career she wrote 12 novels, two short story collections, a memoir, and many articles and opinion pieces.
More from Hilary Mantel (135 quotes) →More quotes by Hilary Mantel
- “Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoug…”Hilary Mantel
- “Novelists, it seems to me, are the very last people who should be asked to comment on the news of the day, an…”Hilary Mantel
- “Fabre stood up. He placed his fingertips on d‘Anton’s temples. “Put your fingers here,” he said. “Feel the re…”Hilary Mantel
- “Evidence is always partial. Facts are not truth, though they are part of it – information is not knowledge. A…”Hilary Mantel
Explore Reflections
- “The hardest thing to do is be a point guard, learn how to be a point guard in the NBA as a young player becau…”Shaun Livingston
- “It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to disc…”Quintilian
- “I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.”David Dinkins
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies
2013
Wolf Hall
2015
The Mirror and the Light
2020
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
2014
An Experiment in Love
2007