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"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

"She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte."

"Every bond is a bond to sorrow."
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"Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning."

"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."

"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."

"It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal."

"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."
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