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> [My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/my-first-collection-of-poems-was-published-by-bloodaxe-books-which/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

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## More by Helen Dunmore

> [Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/mourning-ruby-is-not-a-flat-landscape-it-is-more-like-a-box-with/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/to-try-to-expunge-an-individual-s-history-is-a-terrible-violation/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/reread-rewrite-reread-rewrite-if-it-still-doesn-t-work-throw-it-away/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [“The word 'personal' is one of my aversions. Personal loan. Personal hygiene. Personal safety. It's only a way of wrapping up bad news that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/the-word-personal-is-one-of-my-aversions-personal-loan-personal/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [I can remember being in my pram: children stayed in their prams much longer then than they do now. A big bouncy pram with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/i-can-remember-being-in-my-pram-children-stayed-in-their-prams-much/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [“Dad was alive. I believed Conor, but I still didn't really know it. But now I do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/dad-was-alive-i-believed-conor-but-i-still-didn-t-really-know-it-but/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/a-novel-in-the-end-is-a-container-a-shape-which-you-are-trying-to/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [“Fear of this order is not an emotion. It is like a virus overwhelming every cell of his body, while his mind struggles to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/fear-of-this-order-is-not-an-emotion-it-is-like-a-virus-overwhelming/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [“Our houses are palaces to those who have none.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/our-houses-are-palaces-to-those-who-have-none/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/i-could-start-with-mandelstam-who-was-a-huge-influence-on-my-early/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/my-first-collection-of-poems-was-published-by-bloodaxe-books-which/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [“It seemed to me that there was a self-interest hidden in the core of all of us, which cooled us when we contemplated any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/it-seemed-to-me-that-there-was-a-self-interest-hidden-in-the-core-of/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/a-problem-with-a-piece-of-writing-often-clarifies-itself-if-you-go/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [“You have to keep on with a house, day after day, I think. Heating, cleaning, opening and closing windows, making sounds to fill the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/you-have-to-keep-on-with-a-house-day-after-day-i-think-heating/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

> [I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dunmore/i-hope-that-readers-will-tear-through-my-books-because-they-can-t/)

[Helen Dunmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dunmore/)

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