In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

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What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think...

I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think...

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives...

There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives...

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the...

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful...

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity,...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when...

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

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

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