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Philip Pullman quotes: Much ingenious interpretation of story is little more than seeing pleasing patterns in the sparks of a fire, but it does no harm. Much ingenious interpretation of story is little more than seeing pleasing patterns in the sparks of a fire, but it does no harm.
Philip Pullman quotes: A murderer was a worthy companion. A murderer was a worthy companion.
Philip Pullman quotes: My books are about killing God. My books are about killing God.
Philip Pullman quotes: Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it. Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it.
Philip Pullman quotes: Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries.
Philip Pullman quotes: Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition. Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition.
Philip Pullman quotes: The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome that because it helps me. The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome that because it helps me.
Philip Pullman quotes: Tell him, we are not devils but we have friends who are. Tell him, we are not devils but we have friends who are.
Philip Pullman quotes: Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die. Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die.
Philip Pullman quotes: I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read. I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read.
Philip Pullman quotes: You cannot change what you are, only what you do. You cannot change what you are, only what you do.
Philip Pullman quotes: Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all. Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.
Philip Pullman quotes: What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose. What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose.
Philip Pullman quotes: Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both. Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.
Philip Pullman quotes: Keep your powder dry. Keep your powder dry.
Philip Pullman quotes: And then my uncle killed him anyway just to teach him a lesson. And then my uncle killed him anyway just to teach him a lesson.
Philip Pullman quotes: You are a cesspit if moral filth. You are a cesspit if moral filth.
Philip Pullman quotes: You are an enemy of the Church, Lee Scoresby. By their fruits shall ye know them. You are an enemy of the Church, Lee Scoresby. By their fruits shall ye know them.
Philip Pullman quotes: they could discuss without quarreling and cooperate without getting in each other's way, they could discuss without quarreling and cooperate without getting in each other's way,
Philip Pullman quotes: Make this the golden rule, the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath: Everything we ask a child to do should be worth doing. Make this the golden rule, the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath: Everything we ask a child to do should be worth doing.
Philip Pullman quotes: She was afraid of John Faa, and what she was most afraid of was his kindness. She was afraid of John Faa, and what she was most afraid of was his kindness.
Philip Pullman quotes: Well," said Mary, "love is ferocious, too. Well," said Mary, "love is ferocious, too.
Philip Pullman quotes: Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically. Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically.
Philip Pullman quotes: There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly. There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly.
Philip Pullman quotes: If there is a war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight. If there is a war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.
Philip Pullman quotes: Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy. Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy.
Philip Pullman quotes: You going to be a scientist when you grow up? That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got. You going to be a scientist when you grow up? That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got.
Philip Pullman quotes: A graduate of Oxford University with a degree in A graduate of Oxford University with a degree in
Philip Pullman quotes: I don't know where I belong, so I'm free. No one's got a hold on me. I don't know where I belong, so I'm free. No one's got a hold on me.
Philip Pullman quotes: A story, to me, has a particular sprite, like the angel of the spirit of that story - and it's my job to attend to what it wants to do. A story, to me, has a particular sprite, like the angel of the spirit of that story - and it's my job to attend to what it wants to do.
Philip Pullman quotes: Death is going to die. Death is going to die.
Philip Pullman quotes: Nothing is more likely to drive listeners away than a ponderous interpretation of what they've just marvelled at. Nothing is more likely to drive listeners away than a ponderous interpretation of what they've just marvelled at.
Philip Pullman quotes: We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us, there is no elsewhere. We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us, there is no elsewhere.
Philip Pullman quotes: She felt loose and free and light in a universe without purpose. She felt loose and free and light in a universe without purpose.
Philip Pullman quotes: Read like a butterfly, write like a bee. Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.
Philip Pullman quotes: Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories. Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories.
Philip Pullman quotes: When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again. When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again.
Philip Pullman quotes: You are dead- what am I speaking to? You are dead- what am I speaking to?
Philip Pullman quotes: Do not lie to the Scholar. Do not lie to the Scholar.
Philip Pullman quotes: Lyra marveled at the effect hope could have. Lyra marveled at the effect hope could have.
Philip Pullman quotes: Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed. Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.
Philip Pullman quotes: A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are. A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are.
Philip Pullman quotes: We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish. We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish.
Philip Pullman quotes: Who was that?" said Will, trembling, facing the two angels. "That was Metatron," said Balthamos. Who was that?" said Will, trembling, facing the two angels. "That was Metatron," said Balthamos.
Philip Pullman quotes: We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.
Philip Pullman quotes: All she knew was that she must be in love with someone, or she wouldn't feel so miserable. All she knew was that she must be in love with someone, or she wouldn't feel so miserable.
Philip Pullman quotes: But I know that all the things I do know are very small compared with the things that I don't know But I know that all the things I do know are very small compared with the things that I don't know
Philip Pullman quotes: I don't like rats any more than the next bloke, but they ain't wicked and cruel like people can be. They're just ratty in their habits. I don't like rats any more than the next bloke, but they ain't wicked and cruel like people can be. They're just ratty in their habits.
Philip Pullman quotes: Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere. Teachers often make the mistake of thinking they're the boss of the class; they're not. The boss of the class is sitting down there somewhere.
Philip Pullman quotes: The Musicians of Bremen The Musicians of Bremen
Philip Pullman quotes: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.
Philip Pullman quotes: We have to learn everything we do. We have to learn everything we do.
Philip Pullman quotes: Everything means something. Everything means something.
Philip Pullman quotes: I was connected to God like that, and because he was there, I was connected to the whole of his creation. I was connected to God like that, and because he was there, I was connected to the whole of his creation.
Philip Pullman quotes: In writing like this, he was letting truth from beyond time into history, and thus making history the handmaid of posterity and not its governor ... In writing like this, he was letting truth from beyond time into history, and thus making history the handmaid of posterity and not its governor ...
Philip Pullman quotes: All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.
Philip Pullman quotes: Lyra has never seen such a sight, never heard such a bellow; it was like a mountain laughing. Lyra has never seen such a sight, never heard such a bellow; it was like a mountain laughing.
Philip Pullman quotes: It's like having to make a choice: a blessing or a curse. The one thing you can't do is choose neither. It's like having to make a choice: a blessing or a curse. The one thing you can't do is choose neither.
Philip Pullman quotes: But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will. But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will.
Philip Pullman quotes: The narrating voice that tells 'Middlemarch' is just as much a made-up character as Dorothea or Mr. Casaubon. The narrating voice that tells 'Middlemarch' is just as much a made-up character as Dorothea or Mr. Casaubon.
Philip Pullman quotes: All things from the north are devilish. All things from the north are devilish.
Philip Pullman quotes: Life is hard ... but we cling to it all the same Life is hard ... but we cling to it all the same
Philip Pullman quotes: Imagination is a form of seeing Imagination is a form of seeing
Philip Pullman quotes: Lyra had to adjust to her new sense of her own story, and that couldn't be done in a day. Lyra had to adjust to her new sense of her own story, and that couldn't be done in a day.
Philip Pullman quotes: I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer. I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.
Philip Pullman quotes: War is the sea I swim in and the air I breathe. War is the sea I swim in and the air I breathe.
Philip Pullman quotes: And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it? And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?
Philip Pullman quotes: So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky. So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.
Philip Pullman quotes: What is worth having is worth working for. What is worth having is worth working for.
Philip Pullman quotes: I am a religious person, although I am not a believer. I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
Philip Pullman quotes: After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
Philip Pullman quotes: where there are priests, there is fear of Dust. where there are priests, there is fear of Dust.
Philip Pullman quotes: You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does. You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.
Philip Pullman quotes: When it comes to telling children stories, they don't need simple language. They need beautiful language. When it comes to telling children stories, they don't need simple language. They need beautiful language.
Philip Pullman quotes: Oh, I find whatever you do a source of perpetual fascination. Oh, I find whatever you do a source of perpetual fascination.
Philip Pullman quotes: There he dwelt, a prisoner acting like a kind. There he dwelt, a prisoner acting like a kind.
Philip Pullman quotes: Life is hard, Mr. Scoresby, but we cling to it all the same." "And this journey we're on? Is that folly or wisdom?" "The greatest wisdom I know. Life is hard, Mr. Scoresby, but we cling to it all the same." "And this journey we're on? Is that folly or wisdom?" "The greatest wisdom I know.
Philip Pullman quotes: It was a jaw cracking, lung-bursting yawn that lasted almost a minute. It was a jaw cracking, lung-bursting yawn that lasted almost a minute.
Philip Pullman quotes: For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.
Philip Pullman quotes: You speak of destiny as if it was fixed. You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.
Philip Pullman quotes: There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP! There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP!
Philip Pullman quotes: When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends. When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends.
Philip Pullman quotes: We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence.
Philip Pullman quotes: All good things pass away. All good things pass away.
Philip Pullman quotes: I'm with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can't characterize them any better than that. I'm with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can't characterize them any better than that.
Philip Pullman quotes: My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing. My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.
Philip Pullman quotes: The wave function of this situation is going to collapse quite soon. The wave function of this situation is going to collapse quite soon.
Philip Pullman quotes: Was there only one world after all which spent its time dreaming of others? Was there only one world after all which spent its time dreaming of others?
Philip Pullman quotes: I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it.
Philip Pullman quotes: the particular plant longed for by the wife, which was originally parsley, was a well-known abortifacient. the particular plant longed for by the wife, which was originally parsley, was a well-known abortifacient.
Philip Pullman quotes: I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times. I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times.
Philip Pullman quotes: In fact, it was that which killed him, to his great surprise. In fact, it was that which killed him, to his great surprise.
Philip Pullman quotes: It might have been a new way for her heart to beat. It might have been a new way for her heart to beat.
Philip Pullman quotes: My flat's about half a mile away, and you know what I'd like most of all in the world? I'd like a cup of tea. Come on, let's go and My flat's about half a mile away, and you know what I'd like most of all in the world? I'd like a cup of tea. Come on, let's go and put the kettle on.
Philip Pullman quotes: I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon. I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon.
Philip Pullman quotes: Maybe art itself was a kind of voodoo, possessing you, giving you supernatural power, letting you see in the dark. Maybe art itself was a kind of voodoo, possessing you, giving you supernatural power, letting you see in the dark.
Philip Pullman quotes: We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down. We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.
Philip Pullman quotes: Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever. Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever.
Philip Pullman quotes: That is a question with too complicated an answer. That is a question with too complicated an answer.
Philip Pullman quotes: Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel. Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel.

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