She was a monster, but she was my monster. — Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
She was a monster, but she was my monster. — Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
She was a monster, but she was my monster. — Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
She was a monster, but she was my monster. — Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
She was a monster, but she was my monster. — Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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She was a monster, but she was my monster.

— Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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