Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.
Jeanette WintersonDon't you think it's strange that life, described as so rich and full, a camel-trail of adventure, should shrink to this coin-sized world? A head on one side, a story on the other. Someone you loved and what happened. That's all there is when you dig in your pockets. The most significant thing is someone else's face. What else is embossed on your hands but her?
Jeanette WintersonCapacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly human although even in humans it is still peculiar.
Jeanette Winterson