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I don't believe in happy endings.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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Film Producer
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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Manchester
England
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Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. What then kills love? Only this: Neglect.
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Happy Valentines Day to those who have found love, in whatever shape or form, and to those who are still hunting, don't give up. If you feel bad, send yourself a card. You must be worth it.
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I hate the word lesbian it tells you nothing its only purpose is to inflame.
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Of course, people will laugh at you, but people laugh at a great many things so there is no need to take it personally.
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No emotion is the final one.
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To me, life, for all its privations, is a luminous thing. You have to risk it.
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