Private Peaceful
A source page for quotes linked to Michael Morpurgo.
“It is so beautiful but home is home, and home is best.”
“Genuinely good people are like that. The sun shines out of them. They warm you right through.”
“I don't want to be separate from something that's important to me.”
“We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.”
“It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.”
“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”
“As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.”
“Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.”
“Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.”
“Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.”
“I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.”
“I think there's something about studying a book which will kill it if you're not careful.”