My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.
More Quotes from Jeanette Winterson:
They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?Jeanette Winterson
I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.
Jeanette Winterson
Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence.
Jeanette Winterson
I was happy but happy is an adult world. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher.
Jeanette Winterson
The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.
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
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