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- And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment, the two angels…
- Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition.
- As for what it's against - the story is against those who pervert and misuse religion, or any other kind of doctrine with a holy…
- We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.
- The intentions of a tool are what it does. A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift.…
- I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that…
- Looking at them now, thought Jim, you'd never believe they weren't in love with each other, and not with a hopeless, doomed obsession like poor…
- The Lord of the Rings' is fundamentally an infantile work. Tolkien is not interested in the way grownup, adult human beings interact with each other.…
- One moment several things are possible, the next moment only one happens, and the rest don't exist. Except that other worlds have sprung into being,…
- ...when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra’s Oxford and Will’s would…
- We feel cold, but we don't mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn't…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour