Michael Morpurgo Quotes


But just as soon as this war's over and finished with,I'll get back home and marry her.I've grown up with her, Joey, known her all my life. S'pose I know her almost as well as I know myself, and I like her a lot better.


Citations

Morpurgo, Michael. War Horse. Kaye & Ward, 1982, p. 128.

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Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo
  • Born: October 5, 1943
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Author

Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). 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.