--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I can't catch her by copying her, I can't…" description: "\"I can't catch her by copying her, I can't draw her with a borrowed stencil. She is all the things a lover should be and quite a few a lover should not...." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/jeanette-winterson-166_brag_i-can-t-catch-her-by-copying-her-i-can-t_169683.jpg" --- # I can't catch her by copying her, I can't draw her with a… ![“I can't catch her by copying her, I can't draw her with a borrowed stencil. She is all the things a lover should be and quite a few a lover should not. Pin her down? She's not a butterfly. I'm not a wrestler. She's not a target. I'm not a gun. Tell you what she is? She's not Lot no. 27 and I'm not…” quote by Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/jeanette-winterson-166_brag_i-can-t-catch-her-by-copying-her-i-can-t_169683.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/jeanette-winterson-166_brag_i-can-t-catch-her-by-copying-her-i-can-t_169683.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c67/jeanette-winterson-166_brag_i-can-t-catch-her-by-copying-her-i-can-t_169683.jpg) > “I can't catch her by copying her, I can't draw her with a borrowed stencil. She is all the things a lover should be and quite a few a lover should not. Pin her down? She's not a butterfly. I'm not a wrestler. She's not a target. I'm not a gun. Tell you what she is? She's not Lot no. 27 and I'm not one to brag.” [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Attempting to define a lover through comparisons or stereotypes fails; love is complex and cannot be reduced to simple labels. **In simple terms:** Love is too complex for simple labels. Key Takeaway Accept love's mystery and avoid limiting definitions. Themes love identity complexity Mood thoughtful poetic Type reflective literary When to use this quote - dating - artistic expression - personal introspection Key Concepts philosophy relationships Questions to Reflect On - What aspects of love resist categorization? - How do cultural narratives shape our expectations of partners? A Different Perspective Some may argue that certain traits are essential in a partner. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Butterfly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/) [Gun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gun/) [Lover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lover/) [Lovers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lovers/) [Wrestler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wrestler/) ## Related quotes > [When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/when-you-are-in-love-you-strive-to-do-the-things-that-will-please/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [“I have become a great many things since you made me your lover.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvain-reynard/i-have-become-a-great-many-things-since-you-made-me-your-lover/) [Sylvain Reynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvain-reynard/) > [I've learned that you can do something great, but you have to continue reinventing yourself as an artist. So by the time someone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romeo-santos/i-ve-learned-that-you-can-do-something-great-but-you-have-to-continue/) [Romeo Santos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romeo-santos/) > [The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-only-thing-all-successful-people-have-in-common-is-that-they-re/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) > [If I created a new depravity I would be a priestess, while my imitators would founder, after my reign, in abominable filth...Don't you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachilde/if-i-created-a-new-depravity-i-would-be-a-priestess-while-my/) [Rachilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachilde/) > [Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit. And where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-t-suzuki/copying-is-slavery-the-letter-must-never-be-followed-only-the-spirit/) [D.T. Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-t-suzuki/) > [Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gainsborough/fools-talk-of-imitation-and-copying-all-is-imitation/) [Thomas Gainsborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gainsborough/) > [Out in the sun, some painters are lined up. 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We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-hold-flesh-food-to-be-unsuited-to-our-species-we-err-in-copying-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-perry-barlow/there-are-a-lot-of-kids-out-there-copying-and-distributing-movies-not/) [John Perry Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-perry-barlow/) ## More by Jeanette Winterson > [“After nine nights must come ten and every desperate meeting only leaves you desperate for another. 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What would it have meant if things had been bright, clear, good between us?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/what-would-it-have-meant-to-be-happy-what-would-it-have-meant-if/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“Mrs Ratlow was a widow, and she was head of English, but she still did all the cooking and cleaning for her two sons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/mrs-ratlow-was-a-widow-and-she-was-head-of-english-but-she-still-did/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“I shall have nowt to talk to now the baby is boiled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/i-shall-have-nowt-to-talk-to-now-the-baby-is-boiled/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) > [“What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous. 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He cannot talk about a robust job market.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/obama-s-gonna-play-santa-claus-with-the-minimum-wage-he-s-got-no/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) > [I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-reynolds/i-m-not-one-of-those-actors-who-romanticizes-his-trials-working-out/) [Ryan Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-reynolds/) > [We have the most expensive compliance system in the world. The IRS brags that they spend 35 cents for every $100 they collect. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-reid/we-have-the-most-expensive-compliance-system-in-the-world-the-irs/) [T.R. Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-r-reid/) > [I don't mean to brag, but I'm kind of a big deal, if you know what I mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariana/i-don-t-mean-to-brag-but-i-m-kind-of-a-big-deal-if-you-know-what-i/) [Ariana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariana/) > [Depending on who it is, but I can't stand men who brag about themselves, and all they do all day is talk about themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-krupa/depending-on-who-it-is-but-i-can-t-stand-men-who-brag-about/) [Joanna Krupa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-krupa/) > [Humble yourself and people will respect you more for that then anything you brag about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/humble-yourself-and-people-will-respect-you-more-for-that-then/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I don't wish to brag, but I'm very intelligent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hodgman/i-don-t-wish-to-brag-but-i-m-very-intelligent/) [John Hodgman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hodgman/) > [Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. 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