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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Jeanette Winterson quotes

British Novelist August 27, 1959

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Jeanette Winterson quote: "I'm always nervous about going home, just as I am nervous..."
I'm always nervous about going home, just as I am nervous about rereading books that have meant a lot to me. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking..."
the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. Jeanette Winterson
...what he told himself on those sea-soaked nights...Others joined in and it was discovered that every light had a story-no, every light was a story. And the flashes themselves were the stories going out over the waves, as markers and guides and comfort and warning. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Didn't they like you? Didn't they, like you, need a heart that..."
Didn't they like you? Didn't they, like you, need a heart that was a book with no last page? Turn the leaves. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of..."
I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that."
But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one..."
...there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes you. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light..."
Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a..."
Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "When a woman gives birth her waters break and she pours out..."
When a woman gives birth her waters break and she pours out the child and the child runs free. Jeanette Winterson
In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.'Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took my hand and put it against her chest. Feel for yourself. Jeanette Winterson
Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut..."
When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos..."
Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter to me. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Their throats were bare for God."
Their throats were bare for God. Jeanette Winterson

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