We think time cannot touch the dead, but it touches their monuments, leaving them snub-nosed and stub-fingered from the accidents and attrition of time.

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Mantel, Hilary. Bring Up the Bodies. Fourth Estate/Henry Holt and Co., 2012.

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A quote by Hilary Mantel about effects of time: “We think time cannot touch the dead, but it touches their monuments…”

A quote by Hilary Mantel about effects of time: “We think time cannot touch the dead, but it touches their monuments…”

A quote by Hilary Mantel about effects of time: “We think time cannot touch the dead, but it touches their monuments…”