“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
“As Mary said that, Lyra felt something strange happen to her body. She found a stirring at the roots of her hair:… — 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
“Who are you?" the woman said at last. "Lyra Silver—" "No, where d'you come from? What are you? How do you know… — 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
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
