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At work, my happiest moments are between “action” and “cut”. I am also very happy when justice is done, and when camping.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2015 source ↗
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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View all 577 →The night my daughter was born, New York, December 29, 1997. After she emerged and I held her in the palm of my hand, I walked around Manhattan in a stupor of happiness.
Rose Tremain
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When I first met Richard, in 1992, on a British Council writers’ tour of Adelaide. We were drinking Australian lager while parakeets squawked rudely in the neighbourhood gumtrees.
On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
Daniel Clowes
American cartoonist and writer
Probably in the past few years, though maybe it's just some mid-life hormonal surge.
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My one-woman show playing Emily Dickinson: two hours by myself on stage and over 50 performances. I’m really happy I had the guts to do that.
Fear of the future.
Two and a half weeks ago, when a loved one was going away. Separations never get any easier.
I’d prefer no song, and no funeral: I’d like my loved ones to go on a walk, mostly in silence, instead. It’s all better not put into words.
If someone could answer my emails.
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