They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Jeanette Winterson Quotes

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who...

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who...

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...

With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage,...

With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage,...

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...

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens...

Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter...

Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter...

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

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

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering...

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering...

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...

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

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

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...

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

Naked is the best disguise.

Naked is the best disguise.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come...

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come...

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the...

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the...

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.

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an...

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.

I think we still believe that ambition is for boys.