All Jeanette Winterson Quotes
- Infatuation.First Love.Lust.My passion can be explained away.But this is sure: Whatever she touches, she reveals Explained
- 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… Chance
- Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as the land-locked salmon finds the sea. Finds
- We're a lukewarm people for all our feast days and hard work. Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake… All
- St Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry. She… Answering
- I was happy but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they… Adult
- Lovers are not at their best when it matters. Mouths dry up, palms sweat, conversation flags and all the time the heart is threatening to… All
- Language is a finding-place not a hiding place. Finding
- Pain is very often a maimed creature without a mouth. Creature
- Time is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure of its passing. Measure
- In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance. Another Chance
- When I look at my life I realise that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgement but… Errors
- What is remembered is not a deed in stone but a metaphor. Meta = above. Pheren = to carry. That which is carried above the… All
- Two things significantly distinguish human beings from the other animals; an interest in the past and the possibility of language. Brought together they make a… Animal
- A bridge is a meeting place . . . a possibility, a metaphor. Bridge
- If we had the courage to love we would not so value these acts of war. Acts
- We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth… All
- We live in a world of buy it or leave it. Love does not signify. Buy
- I have a list of titles that I leave at the [library] desk, because they are bound to be written some day, and it's best… Ahead
- Names are still magic; even Sharon, Karen, Darren, and Warren are magic to somebody somewhere. In fairy stories, naming is knowledge. When I know your… Call
- The future is foretold from the past and the future is only possible because of the past. Without past and future, the present is partial.… All
- There is no sense in loving someone you can never wake up to except by chance. Chance
- I have a head for heights it's true, but no stomach for the depths. Strange then to have plumbed so many. Depth
- Stories end in reverie, tragedy, or forgiveness. End
- There’s no story that’s the start of itself. Funny