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I think of myself in a continuum as a woman. Two hundred years ago, it would have been very difficult for me to write at all.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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I felt like a thief with a bagful of stolen glances.
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Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not.
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