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.

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These are some quotes by British author Helen Dunmore Poet, who was born on December 12, 1952.

Quotes by Helen Dunmore

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

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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

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

Helen Dunmore

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The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

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