Emma Newton

“One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed, but thats quite hard to say casually, at the beginning of a relationship. It’s not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it. By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, and then being on somebody else’s.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“August. We were arguing. You want love to be like this every day don't you? 92 degrees even in the shade.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body

“Don’t you, when strangers and friends come to call, straighten the cushions, kick the books under the bed and put away the letter you were writing? How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are? Isn’t the mirror hostile enough?”
― Jeanette Winterson

“I was in those days all about the 'fuck you'. Fuck you for not recognising how great I am. I'll do it myself.”
― Jeanette Winterson