Quotes by : Jeanette Winterson

But where was God now, with heaven full of astronauts, and the Lord overthrown? I miss God. I miss the....

the past is so hard to shift. It comes with us like a chaperon, standing between us and the newness of....

Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door.

Hold in, hold in, one crack and the wall is breached. I need now to be finite, self-contained, to stop....

If I can't stay where I am, and I can't, then I will put all that I can into the going.

There are only three possible endings —aren't there? — to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness.....

I have sometimes sacrificed freedom in order to belong, but more often I have given up all hope of belonging.....

I looked out across the Ocean, and determined to drown myself.I was up to my chin when the shout came,....

St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to....

I go on writing so that I will always have something to read.