“By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, then being on somebody else's.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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Quotes from bookOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel by Jeanette Winterson published in 1985, which she subsequently adapted into a BBC television drama of the same name. It is a coming-of-age story about a lesbian girl who grows up in an English Pentecostal community. Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same-sex relationships, and religion.
“Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“It is not the one thing nor the other that leads to madness, but the space in between them.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Variant: It's not the one thing nor the other that leads to madness, but the space in between.
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“.. to change something you do not understand is the true nature of evil.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“The curious are always in some danger.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
“No emotion is the final one.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.”
Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
