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.
However, if we wish to be compassionate with our fellow man, we must learn to engage in dispassionate analysis. In other words, thinking with our hearts, rather than our brains, is a surefire method to hurt those whom we wish to help.
One of the marvels of the world: The sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in its hand.
I always say that when I see that needle start to go in the other direction, when people have had enough of me, I'm going to be smart enough to say goodbye. It's such a joyous ride to be on top, and it takes away from that ride if you sort of ride it down.
I don't trust my inner feelings, inner feelings come and go.
There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
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