Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, a... - Jeanette Winterson
"Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it."
"Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it."
"The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark."
"The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down."
"They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?"
"Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence."
"Language is a finding-place not a hiding place."