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"The worst thing you can do is to hate someone. The best thing you can do is to totally love someone without expectations."

"We love things because they reflect our imaginative love in their expression."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."
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