1,104 Quotes by Jeanette Winterson

The fact is that every atom that we’re made of is part of that first explosion of a nuclear star billions of years ago. We’re connected to the entire universe.

The only sex education my mother ever gave me was the injunction: ‘Never let a boy touch you down there.’ I had no idea what she meant. She seemed to be referring to my knees.

The unknownness of my needs frightens me. I do not know how huge they are, or how high they are, I only know that they are not being met.

What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home.

To me, these days will never end. I am always there, in that room with her, or if not I, the imprint of myself – my fossil-love.

I don’t write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

It’s true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn’t they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?

Although I sometimes pose as a fight animal, I’m really a flight animal.

It seems obvious, doesn’t it, that someone who is ignored and overlooked will expand to the point where they have to be noticed, even if the noticing is fear and disgust.