Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We don't know who we are or how to function, much less how to bloom. Blind nature. Homo Sapiens. Who's kidding whom?

Quote by Jeanette Winterson

Topics: Happiness Quotes, People Quotes

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...

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.

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 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...

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And...

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And...

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody...

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...

What you risk reveals what you value.

What you risk reveals what you value.

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie.

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 like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life...

I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life...

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear...

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear...

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing...

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing...

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

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.

I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

I believe in communication; books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....