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Carol Ann Duffy

"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."

Carol Ann Duffy, British Poet
Life, Light, Living, Treasure
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"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."

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"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
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"Edinburgh is my favourite city. We'll be doing a lot of children's theatre and galleries."
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"I still read Donne, particularly his love poems."
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"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."
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