Jeanette Winterson

When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#self #love

I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#art

It takes much longer to leave the psychic place than the physical place." (p.120) ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#truth-telling #inspirational

She hated being a nobody and like all children, adopted or not, I have had to live out some of her unlived life. We do that for our parents - we don't really have any choice. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#duty #parents #life

Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won't help you. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#living #inspirational

I was angry. Whoever it is you fall in love with for the first time, not just love but be in love with, is the one who will always make you angry, the one you can't be logical about. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#love

Passion out of passion's obstacles. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#obsession #passion #love

Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human is a luxury ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#reading #art

I always say to people who want to write: Live life! Don't stand on the rim, don't sit on the sidelines. Make mistakes, make a mess, get it wrong. Read everything, and get out and be in life. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#life

When you follow a star you know you will never reach that star; rather it will guide you to where you want to go. ... So it is with the world. It will only ever lead you back to yourself. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#navigation #life