“I wish I was away in Ingo Far across the briny sea Sailing over deepest waters Where neither care nor worry trouble… — Helen Dunmore Care Copy Share Image
Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me that there was a self-interest hidden in the core of all of us, which cooled us when we… — Helen Dunmore Fate Copy Share Image
“The word 'personal' is one of my aversions. Personal loan. Personal hygiene. Personal safety. It's only a way of wrapping up bad… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“You're trapped both ways. You do as you are told and you do things that you think will make you big, but… — Helen Dunmore Inspirational Copy Share Image
Once one habit peels away the others follow it. You have to hold on, or the next thing you'll find yourself parading… — Helen Dunmore Discipline Copy Share Image
The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the… — Helen Dunmore Books Copy Share Image
“They stand close for a while, not touching, but breathing each other's breath. The city is silent now, as if for peace.” — Helen Dunmore Peace Copy Share Image
It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents,… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write… — Helen Dunmore Books Copy Share Image
“Fear of this order is not an emotion. It is like a virus overwhelming every cell of his body, while his mind… — Helen Dunmore Emotion Copy Share Image
Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face… — Helen Dunmore Book Copy Share Image
I didn't choose Russia but Russia chose me. I had been fascinated from an early age by the culture, the language, the… — Helen Dunmore Age Copy Share Image
