The only sex education my mother ever gave me was the injunction: 'Never let a boy touch you down there.' I had no idea what she meant. She seemed to be referring to my knees.
Jeanette WintersonThis hole in my heart is in the shape of you. No one else can fit it. Why would I want them to?
Jeanette WintersonI don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.
Jeanette Winterson