“They were letting off fireworks down at the waterfront, the sky exploding in grenades of colour. Whatever it is that pulls the pin, that hurls you past the boundaries of your own life into a brief and total beauty - even for a moment - it is enough.”Jeanette Winterson book Gut SymmetriesGut Symmetries (1997)
“the imprint of another life, and although you can never have that life, your fingers trace the space where it might have been, and your fingers learn a kind of braille.”Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only FruitSource: oranges are not the only fruit