Michael Morpurgo Quotes

“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”

“I must survive. I have promises to keep.”

“That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier. And clearly you British have an advantage. You were crazy beforehand.”

“I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.”

“They fight a war and they don't know what for. Isn't that crazy? How can one man kill another and not really know the reason why he does it, except that the other man wears a different color uniform and speaks a different language?”

“Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other”

“We're much alike, bee, you and me," I said. "You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike.”

“That's what sailing is, a dance, and your partner is the sea. And with the sea you never take liberties. You ask her, you don't tell her. You have to remember always that she's the leader, not you. You and your boat are dancing to her tune.”

“When people make wars, they make refugees. ”