If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much in use for it.
Jeanette Winterson Quotes
born 1959 England
Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is a British novelist.
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Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle.
Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Round and round he walked, and so learned a very valuable thing: that no emotion is the final one.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
No safety without risk, and what you risk reveals what you value.
Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Choice of subject, like choice of lover, is an intimate decision.
Weight (2005)
But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
Only the impossible is worth the effort.
The Powerbook (2000)
The body can endure compromise and the mind can be seduced by it. Only the heart protests.
The Powerbook (2000)
He doesn't understand I want the freedom to make my own mistakes.
The Passion (1987)
My heart returns to me what I turn away. I am my own master but not always master of myself.
The Powerbook (2000)
The Passion (1987)
"Why be happy when you could be normal?" Constance Winterson, adoptive mother of Jeanette Winterson.
Somewhere between fear and sex passion is. The way there is sudden. The way out is worse.
The Passion (1987)
Lighthousekeeping (2004)
To avoid discovery I stay on the run. To discover things for myself I stay on the run.
The Powerbook (2000)
What you risk reveals what you value. (p.91)
The Passion (1987)
The curious are always in some danger.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
Here is some advice. If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwiches ....
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
No second chances at a single moment.
The Passion (1987)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jeanette Winterson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.