Hilary Mantel Quote

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them.

Wolf Hall: A Novel (ed. Henry Holt and Company, 2009) - ISBN: 9781429943284

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like...

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like...

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like...

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like...