I wanted clothes about me because I felt I had been bone stripped. The solid knowable shape had gone. Author: Jeanette Winterson Copy Quote More from Jeanette Winterson “He called me Jess because that is the name of the hood which restrains the falc…” “I looked at my palms trying to see the other life, the parallel life. The point…” “We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be t…” “Language is a finding-place not a hiding place.”