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Children Quotes by Philip Pullman
- When it comes to telling children stories, they don’t need simple language. They need beautiful language.
- There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.
- Make this the golden rule, the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath: Everything we ask a child to do should be worth doing.
- Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.
- We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish.
- Half a dozen brats turned with expressions of derision, and Lyra threw her cigarette down, recognizing the cue for a fight. Everyone's daemon instantly became…
- The Specters feast as vampires feast on blood, but the Specters’ food is attention. A conscious and informed interest in the world. The immaturity of…
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
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- To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The… — David Attenborough