Thin line Quote by Jeanette Winterson

““There is a thin line of me, wavering and not strong, that wants to learn the language of beasts and water and night.””

Jeanette Winterson

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“After nine nights must come ten and every desperate meeting only leaves you desperate for another. There is never enough to eat, never enough garden for your love. So you refuse and then you discover that your house is haunted by the ghost of a leopard. When passion comes late in life it is hard to bear. One more night.…

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I have found that I am not a space where people want to live, at least not without decorating first.

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“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 is leaning over by the wall. My head is in the gas oven but it will probably be all right, I'm told that green colour wears off. Unfortunately I threw my heart to the dogs. Never…

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Every second the Universe divides into possibilities and most of those possibilities never happen. It is not a uni-verse -- there is more than…

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You are a pool of clear water where the light plays

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“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…

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What would it have meant to be happy? What would it have meant if things had been bright, clear, good between us?

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“Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons,…

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“I shall have nowt to talk to now the baby is boiled.”

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“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 its transforming power. Art is not part of the machine. Art asks us to think differently, see differently, hear differently, and ultimately to act differently, which is why art has moral force. Ruskin was right, though…

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“Potter! Weasley! What are you doing?” It was Professor McGonagall, and her mouth was the thinnest of thin lines. “We were — we were —” Ron stammered. “We were going to — to go and see —” “Hermione,” said Harry. Ron and Professor McGonagall both looked at him. “We haven’t seen her for ages, Professor,” Harry went on hurriedly, treading…

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There is a very thin line dividing characterisation from impersonation. I've to make sure I don't cross over into mimicry.

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All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And…

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“My eyes unapologetically trailed down the length of his torso, down the thin line of hair leading into his underwear and stopped on his…massive erection. Oh, God. Now, it made sense why he was suddenly modest. Clearing my throat, I said, “You…you’re…” “Hard.” “Yes.” “It’s called morning wood. I can’t be responsible for how I wake up…especially under these conditions.”…

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“A shaman walks the thin line of insanity and bliss.”

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“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his face was cloudy. He was going in to one of his declines, and I grew wary. His brows came together; his mouth became a thin line. He was silent for a while. That is what I…

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There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility…

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“You tread a precariously thin line between being charmingly headstrong and insufferably pigheaded.”

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“I just think it's fortunate that Sir Isaac Newton didn't share the sense of humor of a member of the public, because had he done so, he would of been so amused by the simple effects of gravity, that he would of never gotten round making a comprehensive study of it's causes. That's the punchline! 'a comprehensive study of it's…

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