To avoid discovery I stay on the run. To discover things for myself, I stay on the run.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the dual nature of being on the move: fleeing from detection while simultaneously seeking knowledge and experience.
Jeanette Winterson's quote encapsulates the idea that being in a constant state of movement can serve two purposes: evading unwanted attention or scrutiny, while also pursuing personal growth and enlightenment. It reflects a deeper philosophical perspective on the necessity of exploration and the tension between concealment and discovery in one's life. The act of 'staying on the run' becomes a metaphor for the choices we make in balancing our desires for freedom with the quest for understanding.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a motivational speech about personal development.
What is remembered is not a deed in stone but a metaphor. Meta = above. Pheren = to carry. That which is carried above the literalness of life. A way of thinking that avoids the problems of gravity. The word won't let me down. The single word that can release me from all that unuttered weight.
Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the facts, and the yearning passionate part of you will not be met there. That is why reading ourselves as a fiction as well as fact is so liberating. The wider we read the freer we become.
I have a list of titles that I leave at the [library] desk, because they are bound to be written some day, and it's best to be ahead of the queue.
Woolf wanted to say dangerous things in Orlando but she did not want to say them in the missionary position.
In that house, you will find my heart. You must break in, Henri, and get it back for me.' Was she mad? We had been talking figuratively. Her heart was in her body like mine. I tried to explain this to her, but she took my hand and put it against her chest. Feel for yourself.
History is a string full of knots, the best you can do is admire it, and maybe tie it up a bit more. History is a hammock for swinging and a game for playing.
You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.
When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.
Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
Acknowledging what you don't know is the dawning of wisdom.
I do not preach doubtingly, for I do not live doubtingly.
Our memories are our own, and we cannot blame anything or anyone in the past for any pain dwelling there. If we open the door to them or keep hashing over past incidents in our minds, we have only ourselves to blame.
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