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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

You know every cell in our bodies is completely renewed every seven years, so how can we talk about being the same person? We’re absolutely not Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to find my birth parents - if one set of parents felt like a misfortune, two sets would be self-destructive...I had no idea that you could like your parents or that they could love you enough to let you be yourself Picture Quote #1

Trust me, I’m telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story Picture Quote #1

It’s the cliches that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression Picture Quote #1

If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s a hero without a cause. People like that just make trouble so that they can solve it Picture Quote #1

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what’s crushing you Picture Quote #1

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It’s hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment Picture Quote #1

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home Picture Quote #1

In a world where meaning is often absent or imposed, reading offers a dialogue with ourselves, with society, with history, and with the dead Picture Quote #1

We bury things so deep we no longer remember there was anything to bury. Our bodies remember. Our neurotic states remember. But we don’t Picture Quote #1

I never wanted children. If I’d been deeply in love with a man and he’d wanted children, it would have been difficult Picture Quote #1

I like being on my own better than I like anything else, but I can’t give up love. Maybe it’s the tension between longing and aloneness that I need. My own funicular railway, holding in balance the two things most likely to destroy me Picture Quote #1

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You have to engage with people who are different from you and try to work with their thinking and their mind. That’s a real challenge Picture Quote #1

I think of myself in a continuum as a woman. Two hundred years ago, it would have been very difficult for me to write at all Picture Quote #1

When we say we can pull resources away from libraries, from culture, from those parts of the education system that are not about utility, what we are really saying is that the life of the mind is unnecessary Picture Quote #1

This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene Picture Quote #1

Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don’t accept things for their face value; you don’t have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to tell the story of myself, but someone I called myself. If you read yourself as fiction, it’s rather more liberating than reading yourself as fact Picture Quote #1

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Tell me the story, Pew. . . . It was a woman. You always say that. There’s always a woman somewhere, child; a princess, a witch, a stepmother, a mermaid, a fairy godmother, or one as wicked as she is beautiful, or as beautiful as she is good. Is that the complete list? Then there is the woman you love. Who’s she? That’s another story Picture Quote #1

Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it’s not arrogant Picture Quote #1

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write Picture Quote #1

Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement Picture Quote #1

I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people Picture Quote #1

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness Picture Quote #1

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I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping Picture Quote #1

Reading is where the wild things are Picture Quote #1

Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land Picture Quote #1

It is only habit and routine that makes the void look like purpose Picture Quote #1

Language is what stops the heart exploding Picture Quote #1

Love is an experiment... what happens next is always surprising Picture Quote #1

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You know every cell in our bodies is completely renewed every seven years, so how can we talk about being the same person? We’re absolutely not. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I never wanted to find my birth parents - if one set of parents felt like a misfortune, two sets would be self-destructive...I had no idea that you could like your parents or that they could love you enough to let you be yourself. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Trust me, I’m telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) It’s the cliches that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s a hero without a cause. People like that just make trouble so that they can solve it. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what’s crushing you (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) It’s hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) In a world where meaning is often absent or imposed, reading offers a dialogue with ourselves, with society, with history, and with the dead. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) We bury things so deep we no longer remember there was anything to bury. Our bodies remember. Our neurotic states remember. But we don’t. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) 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 Quotes) I like being on my own better than I like anything else, but I can’t give up love. Maybe it’s the tension between longing and aloneness that I need. My own funicular railway, holding in balance the two things most likely to destroy me. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) You have to engage with people who are different from you and try to work with their thinking and their mind. That’s a real challenge. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I think of myself in a continuum as a woman. Two hundred years ago, it would have been very difficult for me to write at all. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) When we say we can pull resources away from libraries, from culture, from those parts of the education system that are not about utility, what we are really saying is that the life of the mind is unnecessary. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) This is a quantum universe ... neither random nor determined. It is potential at every second. All you can do is intervene. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don’t accept things for their face value; you don’t have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I didn’t want to tell the story of myself, but someone I called myself. If you read yourself as fiction, it’s rather more liberating than reading yourself as fact. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Tell me the story, Pew. . . . It was a woman. You always say that. There’s always a woman somewhere, child; a princess, a witch, a stepmother, a mermaid, a fairy godmother, or one as wicked as she is beautiful, or as beautiful as she is good. Is that the complete list? Then there is the woman you love. Who’s she? That’s another story. (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it’s not arrogant (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Reading is where the wild things are (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) It is only habit and routine that makes the void look like purpose (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Language is what stops the heart exploding (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Love is an experiment... what happens next is always surprising (Jeanette Winterson Quotes)

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