Philip Pullman

All good things pass away. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#demise #death

Tell them stories. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#harpies #lyra #afterlife

Seems to me-" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.... ↗

— Philip Pullman

#cruelty

...because where we are is always the most important place. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#inspirational

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

#philip-pullman #the-golden-compass #materialism

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

— Philip Pullman

#opportunities #life

Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#lie #imagination

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

— Philip Pullman

#instinct #learning #nature

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, on which the did happen. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#life #science #life

I will love you forever, 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

#love #love