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Michael Morpurgo has 70 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book.…
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We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was…
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There's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.
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Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers
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But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.
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Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the…
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Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.
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I could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.
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Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war…
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A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to…
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I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.
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Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like…
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I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told.
— Unknown Author
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Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what's more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the…
— Buddhadasa
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Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the…
— Valerie Wilson Wesley
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When you talk to people about the books that have meant a lot to them, it's usually books they read when they…
— Unknown Author
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Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.
— Alberto Manguel
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The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read.
— Mortimer Adler
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You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...
— Keri Hulme
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Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they…
— Walter Lippmann
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When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a…
— Michael Morpurgo
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I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the…
— Katherine Paterson
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