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If you should leave me, my heart will turn to water and flood away.

If you should leave me, my heart will turn to water and flood away.

Jeanette Winterson

Heart, Water, Should

Jeanette Winterson (2011). “The Passion”, p.76, Random House

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. What then kills love? Only this: Neglect.

Jeanette Winterson

Love, Water, Neglect

Jeanette Winterson (2013). “Written On The Body”, p.186, Random House

I have set off and found that there is no end to even the simplest journey of the mind. I begin, and straight away a hundred alternative routes present themselves. I choose one, no sooner begin, than a hundred more appear. Every time I try to narrow down my intent I expand it, and yet those straits and canals still lead me to the open sea, and then I realize how vast it all is, this matter of the mind. I am confounded by the shining water and the size of the world.

Jeanette Winterson

Journey, Sea, Water

Jeanette Winterson (2007). “Sexing the Cherry”, p.115, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

We didn't build our bridges simply to avoid walking on water. Nothing so obvious. A bridge is a meeting place. A neutral place. A casual place. Enemies will choose to meet on a bridge and end their quarrel in that void... For lovers, a bridge is a possibility, a metaphor of their chances. And for the traffic in whispered goods, where else but a bridge in the night?

Jeanette Winterson

Night, Bridges, Water

Jeanette Winterson (2007). “The Passion”, p.57, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.