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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Jeanette Winterson quotes

British Novelist August 27, 1959

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Naming is a difficult and timeconsuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as..."
I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice. Jeanette Winterson
What sex are you?” Doesn’t matter does it? After all that’s your problem.” If I keep you, what will happen?” You’ll have a difficult, different time.” Is it worth it?” That’s up to you. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make..."
I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement."
Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the..."
Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. Jeanette Winterson
There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms. Jeanette Winterson
You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.'I answered you: 'Isolde.'Isolde. The world became a word. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Time is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure..."
Time is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure of its passing. Jeanette Winterson
Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to. Jeanette Winterson
What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home. I want to be held. I don't want you to come too close. I want you to scoop me up and bring me home at nights. I don't want to tell you where I am. I want to keep a place among the rocks where no one can find me. I want to be with you. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when..."
I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility. Jeanette Winterson
And I thought of us, years and years later, you and I, in Paris, and how you seemed to be saying we had every choice, every chance. You acted as though you were free, but you were a ransom note. I paid to watch. I watched your fingers, your red mouth. I watched you undress. I didn't see you go. Later I was still paying and I never counted the cost. You were worth it. Again and again you were worth it. My heart has unlimited funds. Draw on them. Draw them down. Draw me down on top of... Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me,..."
I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close. Jeanette Winterson
She arches her body like a cat on a stretch. She nuzzles her cunt into my face like a filly at the gate. She smells of the sea. She smells of rockpools when I was a child. She keeps a starfish in there. I crouch down to taste the salt, to run my fingers around the rim. She opens and shuts like a sea anemone. She's refilled each day with fresh tides of longing. Jeanette Winterson

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