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There are so many separate selves no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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Hopeless heart that thrives on paradox that longs for the beloved and is secretly relieved when the beloved is not there.
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I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.
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I felt like a thief with a bagful of stolen glances.
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Trust your creativity.
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