"After loss of Identity, the most potent modern terror, is loss of sexuality, or, as Descartes didn't say, "I fuck therefore I am"."

Identity, Sexuality, Fear, Truth

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"After loss of Identity, the most potent modern terror, is loss of sexuality, or, as Descartes didn't say, "I fuck therefore I am"."

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"I am not the river I am the net."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Identity, Self, Reflection, Metaphor

"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Identity, Self, Reflection, Knowledge, Affection

"What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Identity, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

"The sooner you answer the question, "who am I" the more effective and successful life you will have."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Identity, Effectiveness, Success, Purpose

"I hadn't understood at the time. If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why.Without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my pastwas my life."

Janet Fitch, American Author

Identity, Pain, Survival, Memory

"Do not allow yourself to be pulled into the role of embracing victimship as some sort of badge of honor to wear or flash around at any opportunity."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Identity, Role, Victim, Honor, Belief

"You couldn't escape the pointy hat, though. There was nothing magical about a pointy hat except that it said that the woman underneath it was a witch. People paid attention to a pointy hat."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Identity, Truth, Symbol, Wisdom, Power

"Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

Identity, Being, Existence, Truth

"Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Identity, Houses, Property

"You are not what you want, you are what you have been made to be."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Identity, Self, Life, Creation

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"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

Love

"If the universe is movement, it will not be in one direction only. We think of our lives as linear but it is the spin of the earth that allows us to observe time. Walk with me."

Life

"A tough life needs a tough language-and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers-a language powerful enough to say how it is."

Poetry

"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

Books

"Everyone's talking about the death and disappearance of the book as a format and an object. I don't think that will happen. I think whatever happens, we have to figure out a way to protect our imaginations. Stories and poetry do that. You need a language in this world. People want words, they want to hear their situation in language, and find a way to talk about it. It allows you to find a language to talk about your own pain.If you give kids a language, they can use it. I think that's what these educators fear. If you really educate these kids, they aren't going to punch you in the face, they are going to challenge you with your own language."

Education

"It is a true saying, that what you fear you find."

Fear

"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."

Love

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"I am not the river I am the net."

"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well."

"What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you."

"The sooner you answer the question, "who am I" the more effective and successful life you will have."

"I hadn't understood at the time. If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why.Without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my pastwas my life."

"Do not allow yourself to be pulled into the role of embracing victimship as some sort of badge of honor to wear or flash around at any opportunity."

"You couldn't escape the pointy hat, though. There was nothing magical about a pointy hat except that it said that the woman underneath it was a witch. People paid attention to a pointy hat."

"Forms come and go. You, the quantum non-entity behind your human identity, comes nor goes."

"Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them."

"You are not what you want, you are what you have been made to be."

Explore more quotes by Jeanette Winterson

"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

"If the universe is movement, it will not be in one direction only. We think of our lives as linear but it is the spin of the earth that allows us to observe time. Walk with me."

"A tough life needs a tough language-and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers-a language powerful enough to say how it is."

"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."

"Be with someone you don't want to be without."

"Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self."

"It is a true saying, that what you fear you find."

"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."