The best Quotes by Jeanette Winterson

The best Quotes by Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against convention. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology.

Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land.

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Anything I've done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalms - 139,14
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One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
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Don't worry, it takes more than an infection to prevent a baby from being born healthy.
Moskow in Money Heist - Season 1 Episode 6
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Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard.
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I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant; it is what you do with the gift of life.
Mewtu in Pokémon - Der Film: Mewtu gegen Mew
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See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.
Isaiah - 49, 16
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I'm just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit.
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The day of birth is the only blind-date, where you can be sure to meet the love of your life.
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A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.
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You were born into a strange world
Like a candle, you were meant to share the fire
I don't know where we come from, and I don't know where we go
But my arms were made to hold you, so I will never let you go
Cause you were born
To change this life, you were born
Cloud Cult - You Were Born
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Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.
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The bird fights it's way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born, must first destroy a world.
But, if you really want to understand the single most powerful and primal moment life will ever offer - watch your child being born. Its a life changer and the respect and admiration you have for a woman, will forever be boundless.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - via Instagram, 23.4.2018
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.
A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
For when a child is born the mother also is born again.
Having a baby is one of the most wonderful things in your life, as well as the hardest thing in your life.
The birth of a child is divine miracle.
Birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers.
Birth is not only about making babies. It's about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and believe in their inner strength.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024
What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
My parents were my worst audience.
I think a night like tonight shows a lot of young girls and young boys that if you can shoot you can shoot. It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a boy, I think it just matters the heart that you have and wanting to be the best that you can be.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2024
I'm looking to do everything that I possibly can to get better in every aspect, whether that's scoring, defending, rebounding, passing, i'm really just excited to be playing against professionals and learning from them and just seeing where that takes me.
Sky is the limit for her and what she can do on the court, in terms of her impact in the game but also the court as well... It's been fun to watch her journey.
Stephen Curry - February 2024
I grew up watching Kobe Bryant game after game, ring after ring, living his greatness without apology.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020
May their light forever shine. Kobe, Gigi, I love you forever. Thank you.
Sabrina Ionescu - February 2020

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