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For fate may hang on any moment and at any moment be changed.

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
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Moments
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I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.
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the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.
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I felt like a thief with a bagful of stolen glances.
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Writing objects to the lie that life is small. Writing is a cell of energy. Writing defines itself. Writing draws its viewer in for longer than an instant. Writing exhibits boldness. Writing restores power to exalt, unnerve, shock, and transform us. Writing does not imitate life, it anticipates life.
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You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It’s the playing that’s irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next with the things you love, what you risk reveals what you value.
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There are voices and they must be heard.
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I keep myself locked as a box when it matters, and broken open when it doesn't matter at all.
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