Book to Basics #20 The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

My completely heartfelt and in depth review of The Passion was lost due to technical difficulties... and I can't bring myself to type it all out this second time around... so I'll just share bits of insights about the book.

Obviously, losing the original review saddens me.

“My passion for her, even though she could never return it, showed me the difference between inventing a lover and falling in love.”

"There's no sense in loving someone you can only wake up to by chance."

"We gamble with the hope of winning but it's the thought of what we might lose that excites us."

"Gambling is not a vice, it is an expression of our humanness. We gamble. Some do it at the gambling table, some do not. You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play."

"Soldiers and women. That's how the world is. Any other role is temporary. Any other role is a gesture."

"I don't care about the facts... I care about how I feel. How I feel will change. I want to remember that."

-K-

Let's all welcome 2011 with a refreshed/renewed/rekindled/rediscovered Passion for life, love and the many things that make Soldiers and Women keep their hearts.

(Read The Passion to understand what I meen by keeping the heart.)

Please grab yourself a copy of ZEN Health Magazine Jan-Feb 2011 as I contributed for that issue. :)

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