True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Being cheerful starts now, Will thought as hard as he could, but it was like trying to hold a fighting wolf still… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Lyra had never seen such a sight, never heard such a bellow; it was like a mountain laughing.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Tirelessly they flew on and on, and tirelessly she kept pace. She felt a fierce joy possessing her, that she could command… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base. • JOHN RUSKIN” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in everything. He… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Middlemarch is a novel that is diminished by being put on the screen. It can't help but be, because so much of what we… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it? — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The question authors get asked more than any other is "Where do you get your ideas from?" And we all find a way of… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not,” said the witch, “or die of despair.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
