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Carol Ann Duffy

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

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

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"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

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"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

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"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died-what I call your 'spiritual security'-knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."

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"My mama is my feeding bottle... She never goes empty no matter how deep I sip! Thank you mum!"

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"Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter."

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Amber Hurdle

"May your home always be filled with love, laughter and happiness."

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"They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold."

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"Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon."

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"Your mother just carried you literally. The one who really gave you to her is the one who really knows about the main problem you were meant to solve!"

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"I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales."
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"Poetry and prayer are very similar."
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"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."
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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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"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."
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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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"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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"I still read Donne, particularly his love poems."
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"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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