"The continuous narrative of existence is a lie.……" — Jeanette Winterson
"The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark."
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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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It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of…
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More Continuous Quotes
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all…
— Teresa of Avila
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I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.
— David Bailey
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Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was…
— Beck
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I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
— Aneurin Bevan
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In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate…
— David Bohm
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There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever.…
— Lord Byron
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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
— Winston Churchill
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In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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On the whole, at least in the author's experience, the preparation of species-specific antiserum fractions and the differentiation of closely…
— Karl Landsteiner
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He was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and…
— Jimmy Cannon
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Water from a fountain quenches the excessive heat which would destroy this life. Thus water can be called the only…
— Unknown Author
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Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.
— Brian Tracy
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