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Passion is for holidays, not homecoming.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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Film Producer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Manchester
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I fell into the books, and left myself there for safekeeping.
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There are voices and they must be heard.
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