Michael Rosen Quotations

On the Statue of Liberty it says, 'Give me your tired, your hungry, your poor yearning for liberty' and that's why we're here.

that awareness in the multiplicity of life is inspiring and humbling.

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I've often felt that things are blurred, and we don't remember what went on or appreciate what just happened,

Respect is fatal, isn't it?

Commitment is not a barrier to freedom. Commitment is the *exercise* of freedom, the act of making a choice or decision and meaning it. The one without the other is meaningless.

Sometimes I don't want to talk about it. Not to anyone. No one. No one at all. I just want to think about it on my own. Because it is mine. And no one else's.

Living with a dog is one way to retain something of a child's spirit.

Writing can be a bit like unfolding something...Slowly, the writer reveals what's happening. But that's only half of what's going on. Writers are very cunning people who are not only unfolding and revealing. Just like conjurors and magicians, they are hiding stuff too.

Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them.

A minute can make a world of difference.