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> [How could anyone not want to live when there were so many things to live for? There were rainy nights and wind and the slap of the sea and the moon. There were books to read and pictures to paint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/how-could-anyone-not-want-to-live-when-there-were-so-many-things-to/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

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## More by Michelle Magorian

> [When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/when-my-younger-son-was-13-years-old-he-asked-me-to-read-swallows-and/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/i-d-rather-be-happy-and-odd-than-miserable-and-ordinary/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [Although I could read before I went to school, and I won the school reading prize at five years old, my early children's stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/although-i-could-read-before-i-went-to-school-and-i-won-the-school/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [How could anyone not want to live when there were so many things to live for? There were rainy nights and wind and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/how-could-anyone-not-want-to-live-when-there-were-so-many-things-to/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [“I expect you think I’m a bit forward,’ remarked Zach. ‘Wot?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/i-expect-you-think-i-m-a-bit-forward-remarked-zach-wot/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [“I would do anything to save our love because our love is my life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/i-would-do-anything-to-save-our-love-because-our-love-is-my-life/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [My parents were wonderful people, but there were terrible rows between them, and at times I found the atmosphere at home unbearable. The Arthur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/my-parents-were-wonderful-people-but-there-were-terrible-rows-between/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [“I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary,' she said, sticking her chin in the air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/i-d-rather-be-happy-and-odd-than-miserable-and-ordinary-she-said/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/at-school-if-i-was-ever-bored-in-class-i-would-draw-maps-of-islands/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [“It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/it-occurred-to-him-that-strength-was-quite-different-from-toughness/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

> [“Miss Thorne said no more. Poor boy, she thought, away from his loving home and now dumped with an irritable old man. Tom”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-magorian/miss-thorne-said-no-more-poor-boy-she-thought-away-from-his-loving/)

[Michelle Magorian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-magorian/)

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