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Quote by Jeanette Winterson

“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.”

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Jeanette Winterson is a renowned British author known for her distinctive literary style and profound social commentary. Her works span a wide range of themes, including novels, essays, and poetry. Winterson's novel 'Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit' is a story about growth, faith, and sexuality that has received widespread acclaim. more

“They all trying to say something with music that you can't say with plain talk. There ain't really no words for love or pain. And the way I see it, only fools go around trying to talk their love or talk their pain. So the smart people make music and you can kinda hear about it without them saying anything.”

People Way Trying Pain Fool Smart Smart People

Author:Gloria Naylor

“Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret. But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.”

Pain Suffering Pay Secret Kindness And Love I Have Learned Pain And Suffering

Book:Cry, the Beloved Country

Source: Cry, the Beloved Country

“The gardener had a dread of small women; he'd always imagined them to have an anger disproportionate to their size.”

Size Dread Gardener

Book:A Widow For One Year

Source: A Widow For One Year

“I really would like to stop working forever–never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now–and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends. And I’d like to keep living with someone — maybe even a man — and explore relationships that way. And cultivate my perceptions, cultivate the visionary thing in me. Just a literary and quiet city-hermit existence.”