Michelle Magorian quotes

At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions and equipment I would need when I went camping in the summer. (Michelle Magorian)
My parents were wonderful people, but there were terrible rows between them, and at times I found the atmosphere at home unbearable. The Arthur Ransome books gave me an alternative childhood and the tools to escape. View quote
Michelle Magorian
When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models. He liked it so much that I ended up reading all thirteen of Ransome's books, including the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Coral Island.' View quote
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I'd rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary,' she said, sticking her chin in the air. View quote
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It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak. View quote
Michelle Magorian
Although I could read before I went to school, and I won the school reading prize at five years old, my early children's stories came from the radio and watching films at a cinema on Saturday mornings in Australia. It wasn't until I was nine years old on a ship returning from Australia that I was introduced to children's books. View quote
Michelle Magorian