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Michael Morpurgo Quotes

Anything that gets children reading is fine Picture Quote #1

It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom Picture Quote #1

If I learned anything in this life, I’ve learned that you can’t cling on Picture Quote #1

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough Picture Quote #1

It’s good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering Picture Quote #1

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It’s not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children Picture Quote #1

Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children’s right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future Picture Quote #1

One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail Picture Quote #1

When I write I try as far as possible to forget I’m writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I’m telling it to one person only, my best friend Picture Quote #1

A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion Picture Quote #1

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times Picture Quote #1

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By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I’m talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren Picture Quote #1

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise Picture Quote #1

Don’t worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life Picture Quote #1

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19 Picture Quote #1

I think there’s something about studying a book which will kill it if you’re not careful Picture Quote #1

I’m still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more Picture Quote #1

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Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it! Picture Quote #1

There’s a mouse in here with me. He’s sitting there in the light of the lamp, looking up at me. He seems as surprised to see me as I am to see him. There he goes. I can hear him still, scurrying about somewhere under the hayrick. I think he’s gone now. I hope he comes back. I miss him already Picture Quote #1

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow Picture Quote #1

This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? I tell you, my friend, there’s divinity in a horse, and specially in a horse like this. God got it right the day he created them. And to find a horse like this in the middle of this filthy abomination of a war, is for me like finding a butterfly on a dung heap Picture Quote #1

There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? Picture Quote #1

He never reckoned much to schooling and that. He said you could learn most what was worth knowing from keeping your eyes and ears peeled. Best way of learning, he always said, was doing Picture Quote #1

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That’s what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don’t tell her. You have to remember always that she’s the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune Picture Quote #1

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel Picture Quote #1

Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first and they scattered as I came upon them Picture Quote #1

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned Picture Quote #1

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don’t want it to happen. I’m much more interested in peace than in war but it’s important to understand why we fight Picture Quote #1

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Anything that gets children reading is fine (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) If I learned anything in this life, I’ve learned that you can’t cling on (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) It’s good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It’s not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children’s right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) When I write I try as far as possible to forget I’m writing it at all. I tell it down onto the page, as if I’m telling it to one person only, my best friend (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) A notion for a story is for me a confluence of real events, historical perhaps, or from my own memory to create an exciting fusion (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I’m talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Don’t worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19 (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) I think there’s something about studying a book which will kill it if you’re not careful (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) I’m still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Remember to write for yourself, not for a market and give yourself time to develop your own style, your own voice. It takes a lifetime. Enjoy it! (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) There’s a mouse in here with me. He’s sitting there in the light of the lamp, looking up at me. He seems as surprised to see me as I am to see him. There he goes. I can hear him still, scurrying about somewhere under the hayrick. I think he’s gone now. I hope he comes back. I miss him already (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? I tell you, my friend, there’s divinity in a horse, and specially in a horse like this. God got it right the day he created them. And to find a horse like this in the middle of this filthy abomination of a war, is for me like finding a butterfly on a dung heap (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) He never reckoned much to schooling and that. He said you could learn most what was worth knowing from keeping your eyes and ears peeled. Best way of learning, he always said, was doing (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) That’s what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don’t tell her. You have to remember always that she’s the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first and they scattered as I came upon them (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned (Michael Morpurgo Quotes) Everyone is interested in war, in that people don’t want it to happen. I’m much more interested in peace than in war but it’s important to understand why we fight (Michael Morpurgo Quotes)

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