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Helen Dunmore quotes: that omelettes couldn't be made without breaking eggs. Sacrifice

that omelettes couldn't be made without breaking eggs. Sacrifice

Helen Dunmore quotes: 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 quotes: I would like people to come into my Dreamworld and then choose to stay.

I would like people to come into my Dreamworld and then choose to stay.

Helen Dunmore quotes: 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 quotes: For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister

For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister

Helen Dunmore quotes: When you are young you don't always realise how full of doubts everybody is.

When you are young you don't always realise how full of doubts everybody is.

Helen Dunmore quotes: I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.

I could start with Mandelstam, who was a huge influence on my early writing.

Helen Dunmore quotes: The art of hiding in plain sight used to be second nature, and now it has become the whole of him

The art of hiding in plain sight used to be second nature, and now it has become the whole of him

Helen Dunmore quotes: The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.

The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.

Those who try to obliterate the past are injuring the present.

Helen Dunmore quotes: 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 quotes: You're trapped both ways. You do as you are told and you do things that you think will make you big, but all the time you're shrinking.

You're trapped both ways. You do as you are told and you do things that you think will make you big, but all the time you're shrinking.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words.

Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Fear of this order is not an emotion. It is like a virus overwhelming every cell of his body, while his mind struggles to remain clear.

Fear of this order is not an emotion. It is like a virus overwhelming every cell of his body, while his mind struggles to remain clear.

Helen Dunmore quotes: They had something, that generation, he thought. They didn't doubt themselves. They knew what life was, and where they belonged in it. Not like us.

They had something, that generation, he thought. They didn't doubt themselves. They knew what life was, and where they belonged in it. Not like us.

Helen Dunmore quotes: I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.

I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.

Helen Dunmore quotes: A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.

A problem with a piece of writing often clarifies itself if you go for a long walk.

Helen Dunmore quotes: It's so respectable you could put it in a Christmas circular letter.

It's so respectable you could put it in a Christmas circular letter.

Helen Dunmore quotes: I wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

I wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

Helen Dunmore quotes: The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.

The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it.

Helen Dunmore quotes: In a world without air all you breathe is adventure!

In a world without air all you breathe is adventure!

Helen Dunmore quotes: I was always influenced by language.

I was always influenced by language.

Helen Dunmore quotes: They stand close for a while, not touching, but breathing each other's breath. The city is silent now, as if for peace.

They stand close for a while, not touching, but breathing each other's breath. The city is silent now, as if for peace.

Helen Dunmore quotes: I don't know how you humans ever get anything done, you ask so many questions.

I don't know how you humans ever get anything done, you ask so many questions.

Helen Dunmore quotes: A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.

A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Dad was alive. I believed Conor, but I still didn't really know it.But now I do.

Dad was alive. I believed Conor, but I still didn't really know it.
But now I do.

Helen Dunmore quotes: I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

Helen Dunmore quotes: My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.

My first collection of poems was published by Bloodaxe Books, which was then a very new imprint.

Helen Dunmore quotes: 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 quotes: Fiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children.

Fiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children.

Helen Dunmore quotes: As long as you two look out for each other, you'll be safe enough.

As long as you two look out for each other, you'll be safe enough.

Helen Dunmore quotes: We are creatures of story.

We are creatures of story.

Helen Dunmore quotes: If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.

If we understand the past, we are more likely to recognise what is happening around us.

Helen Dunmore quotes: Childhood is a slum and they love it.

Childhood is a slum and they love it.