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Jeanette Winterson Quotes

Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough? Picture Quote #1

There’s so little wonder left in the world because we’ve seen everything one way or another’ Picture Quote #1

I realised something important: whatever is on the outside can be taken away at any time. Only what is inside you is safe Picture Quote #1

I’m always nervous about going home, just as I am nervous about rereading books that have meant a lot to me Picture Quote #1

Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through. Do you come back? Picture Quote #1

Six books… my mother didn’t want books falling into my hands. It never occurred to her that I fell into the books – that I put myself inside them for safe keeping Picture Quote #1

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I was the place where you anchored. I was the deep water where you could be weightless. I was the surface where you saw your own reflection. You scooped me up in your hands Picture Quote #1

When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself Picture Quote #1

Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world Picture Quote #1

Nothing can be forgotten. Nothing can be lost. The universe itself is one vast memory system. Look back and you will find the beginnings of the world Picture Quote #1

Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door Picture Quote #1

Books, for me, are a home. Books don’t make a home – they are one, in the sense that just as you do with a door, you open a book, and you go inside. Inside there is a different kind of time and a different kind of space Picture Quote #1

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Your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before you, I replied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm you play upon me, drumming me taught Picture Quote #1

If I can’t stay where I am, and I can’t, then I will put all that I can into the going Picture Quote #1

I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows 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

August. We were arguing. You want love to be like this every day don’t you? 92 degrees even in the shade Picture Quote #1

It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what you want to hear Picture Quote #1

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... there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes you 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

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it Picture Quote #1

This hole in my heart is in the shape of you. No one else can fit it. Why would I want them to? Picture Quote #1

Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they should fall. That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won’t help you Picture Quote #1

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By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, then being on somebody else’s Picture Quote #1

I don’t own my emotions unless I can think about them. I am not afraid of feeling but I am afraid of feeling unthinkingly. I don’t want to drown. My head is my heart’s lifebelt Picture Quote #1

Unconditional love is what a child should expect from a parent even though it rarely works out that way Picture Quote #1

Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only measurement relative Picture Quote #1

The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life Picture Quote #1

I write about sex because often it feels like the most important thing in the world Picture Quote #1

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Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough? (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) There’s so little wonder left in the world because we’ve seen everything one way or another’ (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I realised something important: whatever is on the outside can be taken away at any time. Only what is inside you is safe (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I’m always nervous about going home, just as I am nervous about rereading books that have meant a lot to me (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through. Do you come back? (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Six books… my mother didn’t want books falling into my hands. It never occurred to her that I fell into the books – that I put myself inside them for safe keeping (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I was the place where you anchored. I was the deep water where you could be weightless. I was the surface where you saw your own reflection. You scooped me up in your hands (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Nothing can be forgotten. Nothing can be lost. The universe itself is one vast memory system. Look back and you will find the beginnings of the world (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Books, for me, are a home. Books don’t make a home – they are one, in the sense that just as you do with a door, you open a book, and you go inside. Inside there is a different kind of time and a different kind of space (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before you, I replied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm you play upon me, drumming me taught (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) If I can’t stay where I am, and I can’t, then I will put all that I can into the going (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows (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) August. We were arguing. You want love to be like this every day don’t you? 92 degrees even in the shade (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what you want to hear (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) ... there are two kinds of writing: the one you write and the one that writes you (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) Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) This hole in my heart is in the shape of you. No one else can fit it. Why would I want them to? (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they should fall. That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won’t help you (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, then being on somebody else’s (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I don’t own my emotions unless I can think about them. I am not afraid of feeling but I am afraid of feeling unthinkingly. I don’t want to drown. My head is my heart’s lifebelt (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Unconditional love is what a child should expect from a parent even though it rarely works out that way (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only measurement relative (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life (Jeanette Winterson Quotes) I write about sex because often it feels like the most important thing in the world (Jeanette Winterson Quotes)

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