Religion is somewhere between fear and sex. And God? Truly?… - Jeanette Winterson

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Religion is somewhere between fear and sex. And God? Truly? In his own right, without our voices speaking for him? Obsessed I think, but not passionate. (p.74)

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Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is a British novelist.

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