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I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.

Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Worlds
Close
Imagination
Desire
Dream
Together
World
Spin

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