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In some way your life is doubled. You’re you and the other person.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2017 source ↗
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How would you describe what love feels like to you?Originally asked
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View all 213 →Warmth and confidence.
James Blunt
Singer, songwriter and musician
Like nothing else, I guess.
Billy Porter
American actor and singer
I’m trying to figure out how to receive unconditional love. That’s hard to do when you’ve never really had it, so I’m trying to navigate that.
Maya Jama
British television and radio presenter
Euphoria, passion and feeling like nothing else in the world matters.
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My mother, because I didn’t appreciate until after she’d gone that she was a vulnerable human being. I just expected her to know everything and be everything.
Judith Clark, on whom I based my character in the prison trilogy. She has served over 35 years and turned herself around. She is an inspiration.
Everything. I’ve one of those brains that doesn’t quieten down.
When I got to 40 and realised I hadn’t read all the books I needed to read to understand the world.
I would never have gone on a diet. I would go back with the knowledge that not being perfect is fine.
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