Metaphor Quote by Jeanette Winterson

““The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the associative word light with meanings. The word not netted by meaning. The exact word wide. The word not whore nor cenobite. The word unlied.””

Jeanette Winterson

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