Jeanette Winterson, Written On The Body

Quotes

• “You said, 'I love you.' Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still the thing we long to...”
• “Sometimes I think of you and I feel giddy. Memory makes me lightheaded, drunk on champagne. All the things we did. And i...”
• “Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will bre...”
• “Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me...”
• “Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. What then kills love? Only this: Neglect.”