Cravats grow higher, as if they mean to protect the throat. The highest cravats in public life will be worn by Citizen Antoine Saint-Just, of the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety. In the dark and harrowing days of '94, an obscene feminine inversion will appear: a thin crimson ribbon, worn round a bare white neck.
Hilary MantelAs a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way.
Hilary Mantel[Margaret Thatcher] admitted to being the daughter of her father but not the daughter of her mother!
Hilary Mantel