“No safety without risk, and what you risk reveals what you value.”
Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Variante: What you risk reveals what you value. (p.91)
Fonte: Written on the Body
Jeanette Winterson, OBE é uma escritora britânica. Suas obras podem situar-se dentro do âmbito pós-modernista.
Levantou questionamentos quando declarou em um de seus livros ter feito armadilha para um animal que comera um pedaço de salsa de seu jardim. Disse: Ele comeu minha salsa, então eu o comerei, e os restos darei para o gato!. A foto de seu feito não agradou os fãs e seu ato brutal não agradou ninguém. Wikipedia

“No safety without risk, and what you risk reveals what you value.”
Sexing the Cherry (1989)
Variante: What you risk reveals what you value. (p.91)
Fonte: Written on the Body
“I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.”
Jeanette Winterson livro Lighthousekeeping
Fonte: Lighthousekeeping
“There is no sense in loving someone you can never wake up to except by chance.”
Jeanette Winterson livro The Passion
Fonte: The Passion
“But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.”
Jeanette Winterson livro Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Fonte: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
Jeanette Winterson livro Lighthousekeeping
Fonte: Lighthousekeeping (2004)
Contexto: You say we are not one, you say truly there are two of us. Yes, there were two of us, but we were one. As for myself, I am splintered by great waves. I am coloured glass from a church window long since shattered. I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.
Fonte: The Powerbook (2000)
Jeanette Winterson livro Gut Symmetries
Fonte: Gut Symmetries
Fonte: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Fonte: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson livro Sexing the Cherry
Fonte: Sexing the Cherry
Fonte: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Fonte: Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? (2011), p.38
Fonte: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson livro Sexing the Cherry
Fonte: Sexing the Cherry
“To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.”
Fonte: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.”
Jeanette Winterson livro Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Fonte: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit