“Insomnia started early for me, but it wasn’t about not sleeping, it was about being full of other things, being too delighted to let go and drop away. I’m told that when I was little I would go to bed quite obediently, but then for a while I would sing — small person in under blankets and singing, happy to elongate the day and perhaps fond of music, I suppose, I’m not sure.”

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A.L. Kennedy, "Insomnia"