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For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
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But love's a malady without a cure.
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He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Poetry and prayer are very similar.
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Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.
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If we think of what's up ahead, with climate change and wars over water, it's very frightening.
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I see the shape of the poem before I start writing, and the writing is just the process of arriving at the shape.
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The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.
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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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I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.
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I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.
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I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety.
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I still have a feeling that I haven't written the best that I can write. I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.
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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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Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.
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My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
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