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> [And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/and-wonder-dread-and-war-have-lingered-in-that-land-where-loss-and/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

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## More by Simon Armitage

> [We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/we-still-need-a-voice-that-thinks-before-it-speaks/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“The melancholy comes over me, the dismal misery of not knowing where I am, or perhaps losing any sense of who I am, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/the-melancholy-comes-over-me-the-dismal-misery-of-not-knowing-where-i/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/occasionally-it-s-been-a-long-and-bumpy-road-one-i-m-still-travelling/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [I wondered if people might not have had enough of Simon Armitage and wondered whether I hadn't had enough of Simon Armitage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-wondered-if-people-might-not-have-had-enough-of-simon-armitage-and/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/this-misfortune-you-find-is-of-your-own-manufacture-keep-hold-of-what/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-d-got-to-a-point-where-i-wanted-a-break/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [The ordinary can be absolutely miraculous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/the-ordinary-can-be-absolutely-miraculous/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [It reminds me to say that staying local should never be about looking at the world through a closed window, but about making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/it-reminds-me-to-say-that-staying-local-should-never-be-about-looking/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-once-stood-in-the-middle-of-new-york-city-watching-my-name-go-round/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“I once swallowed my difference without water on an empty stomach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/i-once-swallowed-my-difference-without-water-on-an-empty-stomach/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/the-huddersfield-that-i-like-best-is-a-large-town-with-a-big-heart/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels. Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/oh-dire-dreadful-death-you-drag-your-heels-why-dawdle-and-draw-back/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/you-re-beautiful-because-when-you-were-born-undiscovered-planets/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [“Prose fills a space, like a liquid poured in from the top, but poetry occupies it, arrays itself in formation, sets up camp and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/prose-fills-a-space-like-a-liquid-poured-in-from-the-top-but-poetry/)

[Simon Armitage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-armitage/)

> [It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-armitage/it-s-never-going-to-be-very-mainstream-one-reason-is-that-poetry/)

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