Author: Helen Dunmore

Quotes

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight.

- Helen Dunmore

To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.

To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation.

- Helen Dunmore

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates.

As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates.

- Helen Dunmore

I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there.

I hope that readers will tear through my books because they can't stop themselves - and then, maybe, read them again and find new things there.

- Helen Dunmore

The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was.

The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was.

- Helen Dunmore

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

- Helen Dunmore

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition.

- Helen Dunmore

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