Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But… — John Milton Copy Share Image
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Tolkien seems to me reactionary, conservative, fearful of a modern world. Fearful of anything that isn't sanctioned by the passage of long… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“He let her do it, then looked around for his fingers. There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
She shared his pleasure, but for her it wasn't simple pleasure, for there was pain and fear in it too. Suppose he… — His Dark Materials Book 1 Page 166 Copy Share Image
I thought physics could be done to the glory of God, till I saw there wasn’t any God at all and that… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Well, where is God," said Mrs Coulter, "if he's alive? And why doesn't he speak anymore? At the beginning of the world,… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Imagine the same scene in HAMLET if Pullman had written it. Hamlet, using a mystic pearl, places the poison in the cup… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“Whenever you turn your head, your deaths dodge behind you. Wherever you look, they hide. They hide in a teacup. Or in… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Everything about her in that moment was soft, and that was one of his favorite memories later on--her tense grace made tender… — philip pullman Copy Share Image
But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
