"Language is what stops the heart exploding."

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Jeanette Winterson

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“Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.”
“I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.”

Source : "What Petraeus Scandal Could Mean For Working Women". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 14, 2012.
“For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late.”
“I did not know that the first step in any domestic violence relationship is to seduce and charm the victim. I also did not know that the second step is to isolate the victim. The next step in the domestic violence pattern is to introduce the threat of violence and see how she reacts. We victims know something you [non-victims] usually don't. It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is to 'kill her'. Over 70% of domestic violence murders happens after the victim has ended the relationship.”
“One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir! As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the finish. There's only one kind of painting. It is the painting that presents the eye with perfection, the kind of beautiful and impeccable enamel you find in Veronese and Titian.”

Source : "French paintings from the Chrysler Museum". Book by Jefferson C. Harrison, Chrysler Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.), p.45, 1986.
“Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.”
“Why do only boys get to chase? Nuh-uh! If anything, I think this whole sitting back and waiting thing can be self-sabotaging. We have to send up flares. We have to let guys know we're open for business.”
“I married him for better or worse. I didn't marry him for lunch.”

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