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Jeanette Winterson Quotes: History is not a suicide note -- it is a record of our survival.
         

History is not a suicide note -- it is a record of our survival.


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I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.



Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.

Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.



I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.



I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.



Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.



Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.



I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.



Do you fall in love often?" Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.

Do you fall in love often?" Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.



I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.



Life cannot be calculated. That's the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the equation -- it is part of the equation.

Life cannot be calculated. That's the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the equation -- it is part of the equation.





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Strive to make something of yourself, then strive to make the most of yourself.

Strive to make something of yourself, then strive to make the most of yourself.



Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.



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I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing



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We are what we repeatedly do but we can be perceived by what we repeatedly say.



I have, by long experience, found women to be like Telephus's spear: if one end kills, the other cures.

I have, by long experience, found women to be like Telephus's spear: if one end kills, the other cures.



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...and then a murder mystery will occur.



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