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# Deborah Kay Davies

(2000)   Writer

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Deborah Kay Davies is a writer.

## Quick Facts About Deborah Kay Davies

Born January 1, 2000

Profession Writer

## About Deborah Kay Davies

Welsh writer... \| Deborah Kay Davies is a Welsh poet, writer, and educator. She received her PhD from Cardiff University. In 2009 she received a Wales Book of the Year for English-language for the short story collection Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful (2008). Her novels are True Things About Me (2010) and Reaso

##  Quotes by Deborah Kay Davies

> [“I tried to whip some feelings up but the inside of my chest was as hollow as an empty rubbish bin; totally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-kay-davies/i-tried-to-whip-some-feelings-up-but-the-inside-of-my-chest-was-as/)

[Deborah Kay Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-kay-davies/)

[Crushed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crushed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/deborah-kay-davies-71763_crushed_i-tried-to-whip-some-feelings-up-but-the_801494.jpg)

> [“I had a fierce headache and (my parents’) soft conversation was like a light rain falling on the hot roof of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-kay-davies/i-had-a-fierce-headache-and-my-parents-soft-conversation-was-like-a/)

[Deborah Kay Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-kay-davies/)

[Headache](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/headache/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/deborah-kay-davies-71763_parenting_i-had-a-fierce-headache-and-my-parents-s_1564472.jpg)

> [“…old male friends my parents probably kept under the stairs, and wheeled out for special occasions grabbed the chance for a grope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-kay-davies/old-male-friends-my-parents-probably-kept-under-the-stairs-and/)

[Deborah Kay Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-kay-davies/)

[Friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friendship/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/deborah-kay-davies-71763_friendship_old-male-friends-my-parents-probably-kep_2664837.jpg)

> [“…round the back of my little heart I could hear a lonely breeze whistling away everything I cared about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-kay-davies/round-the-back-of-my-little-heart-i-could-hear-a-lonely-breeze/)

[Deborah Kay Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-kay-davies/)

[Little Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/little-heart-657829/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/deborah-kay-davies-71763_little-heart_round-the-back-of-my-little-heart-i-coul_3187151.jpg)

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