Granta 115 Quotes

“I am lonely when I love because I feel the immensity of the task — the stoking and tending of love. I feel unable, overwhelmed. I feel I can only fail. So I hide and I cling all at once. I need you near me, in my house, but I don’t want you to find my hiding place. Hold me. Don’t come too close.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Granta 115: The F Word