Carol Ann Duffy quote: But life, they said, means life. Dying inside.The Devil was evil, mad, but I was the Devil's wifewhich made me ...

But life, they said, means life. Dying inside.The Devil was evil, mad, but I was the Devil's wifewhich made me worse. I howled in my cell.If the Devil is gone then how could this be hell?

~ Carol Ann Duffy ~

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