Quote by Jeanette Winterson Download Open image ““She was a Roman Cardinal, chaste, but for the perfect choirboy.”” — Jeanette Winterson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“The people who had turned their heads turned them again as the service proceeded; and at last observing her they whispered to each other.… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“The Church being what she is cannot have the instincts of a gentleman.” — George Everett Macdonald Copy Share Image
“In Rome, a woman’s power, however circumspectly exercised, arouses revulsion. Every death in my family circle has been laid at my door.” — Phyllis T. Smith Copy Share Image
“And who did she have? The thought caught her up short, but then she smiled, remembering the preacher's words. She had the Lord. He… — Carol Cox Copy Share Image
“I played my role as the good Christian girl and spared everyone the drama of an argument. But that decision to remain silent split… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“was somewhat upsetting to a decent Catholic girl, for there was no room for that in the orthodox theology. However, she’d always concentrated on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Marie-Therese : Something needs to be done about that gentleman caller of hers. Xhex : Something was, but it didn't go far enough. And… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“There were icons of the Magdalen on the walls and paintings in the Western manner, all kitsch, trash. Mary M., Lucas thought, half hypnotized… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
“The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission.” — Brother Andrew Copy Share Image
“After nine nights must come ten and every desperate meeting only leaves you desperate for another. There is never enough to eat, never enough… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I have found that I am not a space where people want to live, at least not without decorating first. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Yes. Just pass me my leg will you? It's on top of the wardrobe where he threw it, and I think my right arm… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Every second the Universe divides into possibilities and most of those possibilities never happen. It is not a uni-verse -- there is more than… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“It's the cliches that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise than how should… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
What would it have meant to be happy? What would it have meant if things had been bright, clear, good between us? — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous. The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Happy Valentines Day to those who have found love, in whatever shape or form, and to those who are still hunting, don’t give up.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
