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Jonathan Edwards (born 16 October 1979) is a Welsh poet, who was born in Newport and grew up in Crosskeys. His debut poetry collection My Family and Other Superheroes won the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2014. Biography Edwards first came to prominence as the winner of the Terry Hetherington Award in 2010, before picking up prizes at both the Cardiff International Poetry Competition and the Basil Bunting Poetry Competition in 2012. His first book, the poetry collection My Family and Other Superheroes, won a £1,000 first-place prize at the Ledbury Poetry Festival's International Competition in 2014, and the Costa Book Award for Poetry in 2014. Edwards described the collection as reflecting a sense of Welsh pop culture and its relation to broader Western culture, history, family, and the lives of ordinary people. According to coverage of the Costa Award by The Daily Telegraph, My Family and Other Superheroes saw "celebrities and fictional characters such as Sophia Loren and Evel Knievel collide with reflections on the social architecture of working class Welsh valleys."

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“Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.”
— Diary (1723).
“Almost all men, and those that seem to be very miserable, love life, because they cannot bear to lose sight of such a beautiful and lovely world. The ideas, that every moment whilst we live have a beauty that we take not distinct notice of, brings a pleasure that, when we come to the trial, we had rather live in much pain and misery than lose.”
— "The Beauty of the World" (c.1725), from the notebook The Images of Divine Things, The Shadows of Divine Things, The Language and Lessons of Nature (published 1948).
“Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.”
— No. 7.
“Resolved, always to do that, which I shall wish I had done when I see others do it.”
— No. 69.
“Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.”
— p. 396.
“Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness.”
— p. 619.

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Notable quotes

“Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.”
— Diary (1723).
“Almost all men, and those that seem to be very miserable, love life, because they cannot bear to lose sight of such a beautiful and lovely world. The ideas, that every moment whilst we live have a beauty that we take not distinct notice of, brings a pleasure that, when we come to the trial, we had rather live in much pain and misery than lose.”
— "The Beauty of the World" (c.1725), from the notebook The Images of Divine Things, The Shadows of Divine Things, The Language and Lessons of Nature (published 1948).
“Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.”
— No. 7.
“Resolved, always to do that, which I shall wish I had done when I see others do it.”
— No. 69.
“Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.”
— p. 396.
“Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness.”
— p. 619.

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