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Michael Morpurgo

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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 but it’s important to understand why we fight.” -Michael Morpurgo

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  • “It is the child’s understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They’re still doing it today with modern technology.” -Michael Morpurgo

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  • “It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.” -Michael Morpurgo

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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 moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.” -Michael Morpurgo

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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 but it’s important to understand why we fight.” -Michael Morpurgo

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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 happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.” -Michael Morpurgo

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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 happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.” -Michael Morpurgo

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  • “It is the child’s understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They’re still doing it today with modern technology.” -Michael Morpurgo

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  • “Strange questions are the more interesting ones. Children by and large don’t try to trip you up… they want to find out how you do this funny thing that you do… if they’ve loved a story they love to know how it started.” -Michael Morpurgo

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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 take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you’ll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.” -Michael Morpurgo

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  • “Don’t worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.” -Michael Morpurgo

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  • “Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never – pleasurable.” -Michael Morpurgo

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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 take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you’ll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.” -Michael Morpurgo

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