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In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.' Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took

In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.' Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took my hand and put it against her chest. Feel for yourself.

Jeanette Winterson
Heart, Hands, Talking

What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be free, and the tame heart that wants to come home.

Jeanette Winterson
Home, Heart, Want
Jeanette Winterson (2006). “Lighthousekeeping”, p.207, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Language is what stops the heart exploding.

Jeanette Winterson
Heart, Language, Exploding
"Shafts of sunlight". www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.

There are those who say that temptation can be barricaded beyond the door. The ones who think that stray desires can be driven out of the heart like the moneychangers from the temple. Maybe they can, if you patrol your weak points day and night, don't look, don't smell, don't dream.

Jeanette Winterson
Dream, Heart, Thinking
Jeanette Winterson (2013). “Written On The Body”, p.78, Random House

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