Jeanette Winterson, from The Stone Gods
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Jeanette Winterson, from 'Written on the Body'
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Only for a second she touched me and then she was gone and I was left with my heart smashing at my chest…
Jeanette Winterson, from The Passion
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To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
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Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson, from Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
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from The Agony of Intimacy by Jeanette Winterson, published in Granta
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Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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I cannot assume you will understand me. It is just as likely that as I invent what I want to say, you will invent what you want to hear. Some story we must have. Stray words on crumpled paper. A weak signal into the outer space of each other.
Jeanette Winterson, from Gut Symmetries
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Do you believe in ghosts? The creak on the stair, the chill in the room, a strange scent, a wavering light in the window. The ancient house, the walled-up wing, drifting fog, broken battlements, deep darkness, silent desolation, the empty tomb and its rotting shroud, the damp bed too soft to the touch. The sudden presence of a presence.
Jeanette Winterson, from ‘Night Side of the River’
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Nothing can be forgotten. Nothing can be lost. The universe itself is one vast memory system. Look back and you will find the beginnings of the world.
—Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping
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