“[Margaret Thatcher] was always talking about what the prudent housewife should do and what the prudent housewife knew.” ShouldTalkingHousewifePrudent Author:Hilary Mantel
“[Margaret Thatcher] assumed somehow that this would get the woman voter and all those juvenile male voters who wanted a well-regulated household with a woman who knew what she should be doing.” ShouldWellsWantedMalesVotersHouseholdJuvenile Author:Hilary Mantel
“A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers.” ShouldBookAnswersNovel Author:Hilary Mantel
“I think it took me half a page of 'Wolf Hall' to think: 'This is the novel I should have been writing all along.'” ThinkingShouldWritingHas BeensHalfNovelPagesShould HaveHallsShould Have Been Author:Hilary Mantel
“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.” PeopleIfsShouldProblemLostSleepWalksPartyExerciseDrawsSticksStuckGet AwayPieDesksTelephonesListening To MusicBathsGoing To SleepWriter's Block Author:Hilary Mantel
“When I was thin, I had no notion of what being fat is like. When I worked in a department store, I had sold clothes to women of most sizes, so I should have known; but perhaps you have to experience the state from the inside, to understand what fat is like.” ShouldStatesKnownClothesShould HaveNotionSizeStoresFatsDepartmentDepartment StoresShould Have KnownBeing Fat Book:Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir Source: Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir
“It's not easy to diagnose because depending where the endometrial deposits are, the symptoms can be quite different. It's an unrecognized problem among teenage girls, and it's something that every young woman who has painful menstruation should be aware of... It's a condition that is curable if it's caught early. If not, if it's allowed to run on, it can cause infertility, and it can really, really mess up your life.” IfsShouldDifferentProblemRunningYoungGirlCausesEasyConditionsCaughtPainfulMessInterviewsYoung WomenTeenageSymptomsDepositsTeenage GirlInfertilityMenstruationNpr Author:Hilary Mantel
“Rafe asks him, could the king's freedom be obtained, sir, with more economy of means? Less bloodshed? Look, he says: once you have exhausted the process of negotiation and compromise, one you have fixed on the destruction of an enemy, that destruction must be swift and it must be perfect. Before you even glance in his direction, you should have his name on a warrant, the ports blocked, his wife and friends bought, his heir under your protection, his money in your strong room and his dog running to your whistle. Before he wakes in the morning, you should have the axe in your hand.” ShouldLooksMeanHandsRunningAsksNamesStrongProcessPerfectRoomsEnemyMorningEconomyWifeDogKingsDestructionShould HaveProtectionCompromiseFixedExhaustedGlancesNegotiationPortHeirsBlockedWarrantsBloodshedYour Strong Author:Hilary Mantel
“And if a diversion is needed, why not arrest a general? Arthur Dillon is a friend of eminent deputies, a contender for the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Front; he has proved himself at Valmy and in a halfdozen actions since. In the National Assembly he was a liberal; now he is a republican. Isn't it then logical that he should be thrown into gaol, July 1, on suspicion of passing military secrets to the enemy?” IfsShouldActionSecretEnemyMilitaryFrontsNeededRepublicanPassingPassingsChiefsPostsThrownLogicalWhy NotSuspicionCommandersJulyAssemblyArthurDiversionCommander In ChiefDeputies Author:Hilary Mantel
