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I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

Michael Morpurgo

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Michael Morpurgo
Age: 82
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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St. Albans
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo
Michael Andrew Bridge
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cause when there's life there's still hope
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If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on.
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I spend months, sometimes years, doing what I call dreamtime, weaving it together inside my head. But when I actually feel that the egg of my story is ready to hatch, then I can write it in three months. Then I know the landscape and the people well and from the inside, but I don't necessarily know where the story is going to take us.
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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.
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We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.
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I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.
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