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> [“One day," she told us, "you'll have to leave here and go out into the big world out there and earn your living like everyone else. To do that you need to learn. The more you learn now, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/one-day-she-told-us-you-ll-have-to-leave-here-and-go-out-into-the-big/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

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## More by Michael Morpurgo

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/there-s-a-mouse-in-here-with-me-he-s-sitting-there-in-the-light-of/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [“It is so beautiful but home is home, and home is best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/it-is-so-beautiful-but-home-is-home-and-home-is-best/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [“Father was always getting into scrapes when he was a lad. But the worst scrape he ever hot hisself into was the war, First…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/father-was-always-getting-into-scrapes-when-he-was-a-lad-but-the/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/but-i-didn-t-dare-that-has-always-been-my-trouble-i-ve-never-dared/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/wherever-my-story-takes-me-however-dark-and-difficult-the-theme-there/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it. When I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/it-gives-me-confidence-to-know-that-what-i-m-writing-has-a-veracity/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/live-an-interesting-life-meet-people-read-a-lot-and-widely-learn-from/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/i-can-hate-you-more-but-i-ll-never-love-you-less/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/by-the-time-i-sit-down-and-face-the-blank-page-i-am-raring-to-go-i/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/encouraging-young-people-to-believe-in-themselves-and-find-their-own/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/with-all-editing-no-matter-how-sensitive-and-i-ve-been-very-lucky/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/a-lot-of-children-like-i-did-move-away-from-words-because-of-the-fear/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/animals-are-sentient-intelligent-perceptive-funny-and-entertaining-we/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/blind-terror-drove-me-on-with-my-flying-stirrups-whipping-me-into-a/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

> [“After this night is over, then you can drift away, they you can sleep for ever, for nothing will ever matter again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/after-this-night-is-over-then-you-can-drift-away-they-you-can-sleep/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

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