Carol Ann Duffy Children Quotations

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

Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.

Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have