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Hilary Mantel
“And indeed, who can doubt that everything would be different and better, if only England were ruled by village idiots and their drunken friends?”
Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel
“[The princess] looks out and sees the humble musician with his lute. But unless the musician turns out to be a prince in disguise, this story cannot end well.”
Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies

Erik Larson
“No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burlap.”
Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson
“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing! Depart, I say, and let us have done with you! In the name of God, go!”
Erik Larson, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson
“a butterfly in a West African rain forest, by flitting to the left of a tree rather than to the right, possibly set into motion a chain of events that escalates into a hurricane striking coastal South Carolina a few weeks later?”
Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

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