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Quotes by "Simon Armitage"

And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.
— Simon Armitage Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Tags: tragedy, poetry, fate
Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels. Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart.
— Simon Armitage The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation
Tags: king-arthur, grief, despair, depression, death-wish, death
The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.
— Simon Armitage
Tags: like, mind, heart, best
I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four years. I've always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language rather than just something that appears between the covers of thin books.
— Simon Armitage
Tags: language, never, think, poetry
I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.
— Simon Armitage
Tags: new, go, city, time
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