All Jeanette Winterson Quotes
- The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love. Fall
- Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision. Awake
- There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value. Discovery
- Now that physics is proving the intelligence of the universe what are we to do about the stupidity of mankind? I include myself. I know… Been
- Cheating is easy. There's no swank to infidelity. To borrow against the trust someone has placed in you costs nothing at first. You get away… All
- Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose. Choose
- Unhappiness is selfish, grief is selfish. For whom are the tears? Grief
- But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that. All
- There is no greater grief than to find no happiness, but happiness in what is past. Find
- I keep telling this story - different people, different places, different times - but always you, always me, always this story, because a story is… Different People
- The only selfish life is a timid one. Inspirational
- Love's lengthways splits the heart in two - the heart where you are, the heart where you want to be. Heart
- No emotion is the final one. Emotion
- While I can’t have you, I long for you. I am the kind of person who would miss a train or a plane to meet… Across
- It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until… Breathing
- Louise, I would gladly fire the past for you, go and not look back. I have been reckless before, never counting the cost, oblivious to… Accumulation
- In the heat of her hands I thought, This is the campfire that mocks the sun. This place will warm me, feed me and care… Campfire
- Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late! Book
- Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception. Everyone
- One day, tens of millions of years from now, someone will find me rusted into the mud of a world they have never seen, and… Crumble
- Breathe in, breath out. Oxygen is carcinogenic and likely puts a limit on our life span. It would be unwise though, to try to extend… Afraid
- I fell in love once, if love be that cruelty which takes us straight to the gates of Paradise only to remind us they are… Closed
- That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet. Blowing
- Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally. Course
- Do you fall in love often?" Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete… All