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Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse . His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or World War I. Morpurgo became the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005.



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✵ 5. October 1943  •  Other names مایکل مورپورقو
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Works

War Horse
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo
Private Peaceful
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
War Horse
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo
Private Peaceful
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo: 11 quotes2 likes

Famous Michael Morpurgo Quotes

“cause when there's life there's still hope”

Michael Morpurgo book War Horse

Source: War Horse

“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.”

Michael Morpurgo book Private Peaceful

Source: Private Peaceful

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

Michael Morpurgo book Private Peaceful

Source: Private Peaceful

“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.”

Michael Morpurgo book War Horse

Source: War Horse

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

Michael Morpurgo book War Horse

Source: War Horse

“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?”

Michael Morpurgo book War Horse

Source: War Horse

Michael Morpurgo Quotes

“stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions”

Michael Morpurgo

Source: I Believe in Unicorns

“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.”

Michael Morpurgo book Private Peaceful

Source: Private Peaceful

“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.”

Michael Morpurgo

Source: Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

“When people make wars, they make refugees. ”

Michael Morpurgo

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