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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: "You speak of destiny as if it was fixed."

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.




Philip Pullman Quotes: "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 the future. I’ll stick to the present."

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 the future. I’ll stick to the present.



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 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: "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 children is less attractive to them."

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 children is less attractive to them.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "You are dead- what am I speaking to?"

You are dead- what am I speaking to?




Philip Pullman Quotes: "I will love you for ever, whatever happens. Till I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead I'll drift about forever, all my atoms, till I find you again."

I will love you for ever, whatever happens. Till I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead I'll drift about forever, all my atoms, till I find you again.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "'Thou shalt not' might reach the head, but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart."

'Thou shalt not' might reach the head, but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart.



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: "She longed for cutlasses, pistols, and brandy; she had to make do with coffee, and pencils, and verbs."

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



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: "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: "From what we are, spirit; from what we do, matter. Matter and spirit are one."

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



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: "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: "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: "You'll drift apart, it's true, but you'll be out in the open, part of everything alive again."

You'll drift apart, it's true, but you'll be out in the open, part of everything alive again.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "D'you know how embarrassing it is to mention good and evil in a scientific laboratory? Have you any idea? One of the reasons I became a scientist was not to have to think about that kind of thing."

D'you know how embarrassing it is to mention good and evil in a scientific laboratory? Have you any idea? One of the reasons I became a scientist was not to have to think about that kind of thing.



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: "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: "...his face bore an expression that mingled haughty disdain with a tender, ardent sympathy, as if he would love all things if only his nature could let him forget their defects."

...his face bore an expression that mingled haughty disdain with a tender, ardent sympathy, as if he would love all things if only his nature could let him forget their defects.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "I'm perfectly happy about being superstitious and atheistic."

I'm perfectly happy about being superstitious and atheistic.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story."

For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "I'm just trying to wake up - I'm so afraid of sleeping all my life and then dying - I want to wake up first. I wouldn't care if it was just for an hour, as long as I was properly alive and awake."

I'm just trying to wake up - I'm so afraid of sleeping all my life and then dying - I want to wake up first. I wouldn't care if it was just for an hour, as long as I was properly alive and awake.



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.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "Men and women are moved by tides much fiercer than you can imagine, and they sweep us all up into the current."

Men and women are moved by tides much fiercer than you can imagine, and they sweep us all up into the current.



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: "Lonely? I don't know. They tell me this is cold. I don't know what cold is, because I don't freeze. So I don't know what lonely means either. Bears are made to be solitary."

Lonely? I don't know. They tell me this is cold. I don't know what cold is, because I don't freeze. So I don't know what lonely means either. Bears are made to be solitary.



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

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



Philip Pullman Quotes: "We have to learn everything we do."

We have to learn everything we do.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "No,' he said, 'memory's a poor thing to have. It's your own real hair and mouth and arms and eyes and hands I want. I didn't know I could ever love anything so much."

No,' he said, 'memory's a poor thing to have. It's your own real hair and mouth and arms and eyes and hands I want. I didn't know I could ever love anything so much.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "It does not make sense. It cannot exist. It's impossible, and if it isn't impossible, it's irrelevant, and if it isn't either of those things, it's embarrassing."

It does not make sense. It cannot exist. It's impossible, and if it isn't impossible, it's irrelevant, and if it isn't either of those things, it's embarrassing.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "A murderer was a worthy companion."

A murderer was a worthy companion.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "I got a book token for Christmas and exchanged it for a book called A History of Art, and that book (which I still have-battered and falling to pieces) became more precious to me than any Bible."

I got a book token for Christmas and exchanged it for a book called A History of Art, and that book (which I still have-battered and falling to pieces) became more precious to me than any Bible.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "My books are about killing God."

My books are about killing God.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "Everything means something."

Everything means something.



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: "I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North Wales."

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



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: "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: "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: "What is worth having is worth working for."

What is worth having is worth working for.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died."

Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died.



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: "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: "I don't profess any religion; I don't think it's possible that there is a God.... My books are about killing God."

I don't profess any religion; I don't think it's possible that there is a God.... My books are about killing God.



Philip Pullman Quotes: "All things from the north are devilish."

All things from the north are devilish.