"“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

"Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel."

- Michael Morpurgo

"It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom."

- Michael Morpurgo

"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

"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