Creativity is on the side of health - it isn't the thing that drives us mad; it is the capacity in us that tries to save us from madness.
Jeanette WintersonFragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space.
Jeanette WintersonOf course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally.
Jeanette WintersonNobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.
Jeanette WintersonNothing can be forgotten. Nothing can be lost. The universe itself is one vast memory system. Look back and you will find the beginnings of the world.
Jeanette WintersonItโs better to think of my life like thatโ part miracle, part madness. Itโs better if I accept that I canโt control any of the things that matter. My life is a trail of shipwrecks and set-sails. There are no arrivals, no destinations; there are only sandbanks and shipwreck; then another boat, another tide.
Jeanette Winterson