"Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will break out in tongues of praise, the high note that smashes the glass and spills the liquid."

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Source : Jeanette Winterson (2013). “Written On The Body”, p.9, Random House

Jeanette Winterson

#Expression Quotes #Glasses Quotes #Demand Quotes

“The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.”
“I really dig the writers, and I think they challenged me for the most part throughout the journey on the show. If you don't challenge me in a series sort of situation, boy, I couldn't be on it long.”
“Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.”
“My grandmother influenced me so deeply.”
“Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time.”
“I was in a band in the '90s called Bikini Kill, and we were so freaked out about documentation then, and there was the whole thing, not just about the male gaze, but that people were going to misrepresent you... a kind fear of the mainstream that a lot of us had.”
“Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.
“My grandmother told me that to be in fashion, one must be young and passionate about the work. At this moment, every aspect of my life is permeated by fashion - everything has a reference to my job.”

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