“Lyra had never seen such a sight, never heard such a bellow; it was like a mountain laughing.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Everything means something," Lyra said severely. "We just have to find out how to read it.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must. Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“I’m working on another Lyra book right now – it’s called The Book of Dust. “It’s going very well and it will… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“when you're young you do think that things last forever unfortunately they don't Lyra.” — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
And then what?" said her daemon sleepily. "Build what?" "The Republic of Heaven," said Lyra. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Must is not the same as can, Lyra'. 'But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse!” — 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
“There's been terrible things we seen, en't there? And more a-coming, more'n likely. So I think I'd rather not know what's in… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“She turned away. Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. But… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The powers of this world are very strong. Men and women are moved by tides much fiercer than you can imagine, and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“He said, "Lyra, gal, it won't be long now. When you see that old bear, you tell him Lee went out fighting.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“I bet you could catch bullets,” she said, and threw the stick away. “How do you do that?” “By not being human,”… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Lyra at eighteen sitting intent and absorbed in Duke Humfrey’s Library with the alethiometer and a pile of leather-bound books. Tucking the… — 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
