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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

Every atom of me and every atom of you. — Philip Pullman

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

Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition. — Philip Pullman

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

He let her do it, then looked around for his fingers. There they were, curled like a bloody quotation mark on the lead. He laughed. — Philip Pullman

Tell him, we are not devils but we have friends who are. — Philip Pullman

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

I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read. — Philip Pullman

You cannot change what you are, only what you do. — Philip Pullman

You are a cesspit if moral filth. — Philip Pullman

You are an enemy of the Church, Lee Scoresby. By their fruits shall ye know them. — Philip Pullman

they could discuss without quarreling and cooperate without getting in each other's way, — Philip Pullman

She was afraid of John Faa, and what she was most afraid of was his kindness. — Philip Pullman

Well," said Mary, "love is ferocious, too. — Philip Pullman

Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically. — Philip Pullman

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

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

Writing is tyranny ... but reading is democracy. — Philip Pullman

there is an angel called Metatron. — Philip Pullman

You going to be a scientist when you grow up? That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got. — Philip Pullman

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As Jane Austen might have put it: It is a truth universally acknowledged that young protagonists in search of adventure must ditch their parents. — Philip Pullman

Nothing is more likely to drive listeners away than a ponderous interpretation of what they've just marvelled at. — Philip Pullman

We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us, there is no elsewhere. — Philip Pullman

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out. — Philip Pullman

Shame to die with one bullet left, though. — Philip Pullman

You think things have to be possible? Things have to be true ! — Philip Pullman

Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories. — Philip Pullman

When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again. — Philip Pullman

and she saw a bed of lamb's lettuce, or rapunzel. — Philip Pullman

Do not lie to the Scholar. — Philip Pullman

This is a different kind of knowing. ... It's like understanding, I suppose. ... — Philip Pullman

Lyra marveled at the effect hope could have. — Philip Pullman

Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed. — Philip Pullman

A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are. — Philip Pullman

We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish. — Philip Pullman

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. — Philip Pullman

But I know that all the things I do know are very small compared with the things that I don't know — Philip Pullman

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

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

Maybe so," he said, "but whatever little chance of safety there is, I want her to have it. — Philip Pullman

Oh, I find whatever you do a source of perpetual fascination. — Philip Pullman

Hold the question in your mind, but lightly, like it was something alive. — Philip Pullman

Imagination is a form of seeing — Philip Pullman

I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon. — Philip Pullman

All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. — Philip Pullman

When you choose one way out of many, all the ways you don't take are snuffed out like candles, as if they'd never existed. — Philip Pullman

If a witch offers you her love,you should take it. If you don't it's your own fault if bad things happen to you ... — Philip Pullman

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

Once upon a time lasts forever — Philip Pullman

All good things pass away. — Philip Pullman

Lyra had to adjust to her new sense of her own story, and that couldn't be done in a day. — Philip Pullman

In fact, it was that which killed him, to his great surprise. — Philip Pullman

I'm with the Grimms on this: stories for young and old. You can't characterize them any better than that. — Philip Pullman

I was connected to God like that, and because he was there, I was connected to the whole of his creation. — Philip Pullman

the particular plant longed for by the wife, which was originally parsley, was a well-known abortifacient. — Philip Pullman

I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. — Philip Pullman

If I have to die to do what's proper, then I will, and be happy while I do. — Philip Pullman

Was there only one world after all which spent its time dreaming of others? — Philip Pullman

She longed for cutlasses, pistols, and brandy; she had to make do with coffee, and pencils, and verbs. — Philip Pullman

The wave function of this situation is going to collapse quite soon. — Philip Pullman

My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing. — Philip Pullman

It might have been a new way for her heart to beat. — Philip Pullman

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

There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies's 'The Deptford Trilogy' and Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.' — Amy Bloom

Take the anchor, there. The first meaning of that is hope, because hope holds you fast like an anchor so you don't give way. — Philip Pullman

For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do. — Philip Pullman

You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does. — Philip Pullman

When it comes to telling children stories, they don't need simple language. They need beautiful language. — Philip Pullman

Besides, if you want to write something perfect, write a haiku. Anything longer is bound to have a few passages that don't work as well as they might. — Philip Pullman

War is the sea I swim in and the air I breathe. — Philip Pullman

There he dwelt, a prisoner acting like a kind. — Philip Pullman

where there are priests, there is fear of Dust. — Philip Pullman

It was a jaw cracking, lung-bursting yawn that lasted almost a minute. — Philip Pullman

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. — Philip Pullman

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed. — Philip Pullman

There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP! — Philip Pullman

This was work, and it was hard, but they were equal to it, all of them. — Philip Pullman

When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends. — Philip Pullman

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. — Philip Pullman

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

There is time, and there is what is beyond time. There is darkness, and there is light. There is the world and the flesh, and there is God. — Philip Pullman

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down. — Philip Pullman

Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever. — Philip Pullman

That is a question with too complicated an answer. — Philip Pullman

I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North Wales. — Philip Pullman

Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel. — Philip Pullman

No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words. — Philip Pullman

And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it? — Philip Pullman

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

Maybe art itself was a kind of voodoo, possessing you, giving you supernatural power, letting you see in the dark. — Philip Pullman

What is worth having is worth working for. — Philip Pullman

The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky. — Philip Pullman

From what we are, spirit; from what we do, matter. Matter and spirit are one. — Philip Pullman

Anyone who doesn't laugh has something on their conscience, you can be sure of that.
- from: 'The Twelve Brothers — Philip Pullman

I am a religious person, although I am not a believer. — Philip Pullman

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. — Philip Pullman

Make a noise in there and I won't help you. You're on your own. — Philip Pullman

A genuine scientist would love the subject for itself; I think I love science for the stories that are told about it. — Philip Pullman