"She had made him possible. In that sense……" — Jeanette Winterson
"She had made him possible. In that sense she was his god. Like God, she was neglected."
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Jeanette Winterson
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419 Quotes by Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson has 419 quotes on this site.
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To create was a fundament, to appreciate, a supplement.
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Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there…
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After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.
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...to live differently, to love differently, to think differently, or to try to. Is the danger of beauty so great…
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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement.
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I used to think marriage was a plate-glass window just begging for a brick.
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There are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories…
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The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life.
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You don't get over it because 'it' is the person you loved.
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The secret of the world is this: the world is entirely circular and you will go round and round endlessly,…
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Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we…
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and…
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I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is…
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Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail…
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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