It's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering.
Michael MorpurgoOne of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.
Michael MorpurgoThis one isnโt just any old horse. Thereโs a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? I tell you, my friend, thereโs divinity in a horse, and specially in a horse like this. God got it right the day he created them. And to find a horse like this in the middle of this filthy abomination of a war, is for me like finding a butterfly on a dung heap. We donโt belong in the same universe as a creature like this.
Michael MorpurgoDon't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
Michael Morpurgo