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To anyone I’ve hurt unintentionally.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗
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View all 209 →So many. I have been very cowardly in the past, and it came across as me not caring, when the opposite was true.
My stepmother died a few years ago but I didn’t make that last hour to have a conversation with her, so I’d like to say sorry for that.
I am mortified that we went into Afghanistan, promised to liberate the female population and, 20 years later, dumped them in a situation as bad, robbing girls of their futures.
Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
My soon-to-be ex-wife, Amanda. I wish I’d been able to do whatever would have been necessary all the way back to keep us as a unit. Probably the worst thing I did was not tell her how miserable I was, certain that I could turn this around somehow.
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View profile →When my mother was alive. She passed away 14 years ago.
When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
Any song by Donny Hathaway.
Doing the bins while working for McDonald’s in west Ealing.
A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
As someone who cared about others.
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