Meg Rosoff
American novelist
Swimming in the North Sea at midnight, surrounded by phosphorescence.
When were you happiest?
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Since my daughter Minty was born.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 February 2011 source ↗
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Matt Goss
English singer-songwriter
At 37 Crawford Road in Camberwell, London. My mother had separated from my father and we had nothing, but I remember roast potatoes, twopence in the gas meter and music. It was the only time in my life when I felt at home.
In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness.
Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
I’ll be at my happiest today, and probably my gloomiest at some point today, too.
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