One Aladdin Two Lamps Quotes

“The monstrous inequalities created by the machine-age have widened and deepened with the digital revolution. These are not inevitable or necessary inequalities; these are ideological inequalities. We don't have to order society like this. We choose to. That is, a few powerful people choose the story.”
― Jeanette Winterson, One Aladdin Two Lamps

“Fictions are not make-believe. We have come to understand this better through the medium of sci-fi, as so much of what begins as a futuristic fantasy becomes an ordinary part of the world we know.

Fiction is much more than social-realist cut-outs of contemporary life. More than representation. Fiction declares and debates inner realities that gradually press forward into our outer circumstances. We catch up with our dreams.”
― Jeanette Winterson, One Aladdin Two Lamps

“Even precious materials become worthless when all anyone wants is a slice of bread.”
― Jeanette Winterson, One Aladdin Two Lamps