Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.
Michael MorpurgoThere's room for all sorts of magic and miracles in this world - that's what I think.
Michael MorpurgoI could believe only in the hell I was living in, a hell on earth, and it was man-made, not God-made.
Michael MorpurgoUnless you can be in a place yourself and go through the subject of your story yourself, the next best thing is not to read a book about it, or see a movie about it, it's to talk to the people who've been there.
Michael MorpurgoAccess to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.
Michael Morpurgo