"I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Mother Quotes #Sex Quotes #Book Quotes

“I would love to do Broadway. I dont think theres anything more amazing than theater. OK, Supergirl is number one. Maybe I could be Supergirl on Broadway That would be perfect.”
“We are not our brotherâ€™s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.”
“Going back to school is like going back in time. Immediately, for better or for worse, you must give up a little piece of your autonomy in order to become part of the group. And every group, of course, has its hierarchies and rules- spoken and unspoken. It is like learning to live once again in a family- which, of course, is the setting where all learning begins.”
“I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.”
“I rejoice in what I have and I know that fresh new experiences are always ahead. I greet the new with open arms. I trust life to be wonderful.”
“Self-pityâ€ is just sadness, I think, in the pejorative.”
“If you want to lose weight, whole-wheat bread, couscous, and quinoa are evil.”
“You can't do it unless you can imagine it.”

You may also like:

Angela Carter
Novelist
Anne Tyler
Novelist
Colm Toibin
Novelist
Hanif Kureishi
Playwright
Howard Jacobson
Author
Margaret Atwood
Poet
Sarah Waters
Novelist
Susie Orbach
Psychotherapist
Virginia Woolf
Writer