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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Jeanette Winterson quotes

British Novelist August 27, 1959

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I walked out to brood on this life of ours, which seems from birth to death to be a steady loss, disguised by sudden gains and happiness, which persuade us of good fortune, when all the while the glass is emptying. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The..."
The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love. Jeanette Winterson
Pursuing happiness, and I did, and I still do, is not at all the saem as being happy - which I think is fleeting, dependent on circumstances, and a bit bovine. If the sun is shining, stand in it - yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass - they have to - because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centred. What you are pursuing is meaning - a meaningful life. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "If we had the courage to love we would not so value these acts..."
If we had the courage to love we would not so value these acts of war. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Infatuation. First Love. Lust. My passion can be explained..."
Infatuation. First Love. Lust. My passion can be explained away. But this is sure: Whatever she touches, she reveals Jeanette Winterson
However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience. Jeanette Winterson
Love, they say, enslaves and passion is a demon and many have been lost for love. I know this is true, but I know too that without love we grope the tunnels of our lives and never see the sun. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as..."
Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as the land-locked salmon finds the sea. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man..."
I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult. Jeanette Winterson
You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It’s the playing that’s irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next with the things you love, what you risk reveals what you value. Jeanette Winterson
I didn't know what hate felt like, not the hate that comes after love. It's huge and desperate and it longs to be proved wrong. And every day it's proved right it grows a little more monstrous. If the love was passion, the hate will be obsession. A need to see the once-loved weak and cowed beneath pity. Disgust is close and dignity is far away. The hate is not only for the once loved, it's for yourself too; how could you ever have loved this? Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Capacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly..."
Capacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly human although even in humans it is still peculiar. Jeanette Winterson
When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No one can legislate love; it cannot be given orders or cajoled into service. Love belongs to itself, deaf to pleading and unmoved by violence. Love is not something you can negotiate. Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "We live in a world of buy it or leave it. Love does not signify."
We live in a world of buy it or leave it. Love does not signify. Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Love's lengthways splits the heart in two - the heart where..."
Love's lengthways splits the heart in two - the heart where you are, the heart where you want to be. Jeanette Winterson

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