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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. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

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I'll be left writing picture books and fairy tales. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#fairy #fairy tales #i #left #picture

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

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You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#everyday #everyday life #find #heart #just

I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#also #bone #bone marrow #eyes #feeling

I try to manage my time to conserve energy. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#energy #i #manage #my time #time

In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities. ↗

— Karen Duffy

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My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#am #amazing #been #blessed #family

My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#even #everybody #friend #funny #had

The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#arm #body #brain #chronic #continual