And Pantalaimon didn't ask why, because he knew; and he didn't ask whether Lyra loved Roger more than him, because he knew the true answer to that, too. And he knew that if he spoke, she wouldn't be a...
I feel with some passion that what we truly are is private, and almost infinitely complex, and ambiguous, and both external and internal, and double- or triple- or multiply natured, and largely myster...
Who are you? the woman said at last.Lyra Silver—No, where d'you come from? What are you? How do you know things like this? Wearily Lyra sighed; she had forgotten how roundabout Scholars could be. It w...
War asks many people to do unreasonable things.
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.
Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories.
Religion is, as I say, something universal and something human, and something impossible to eradicate, nor would I want to eradicate it. I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.
People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindn...
Lyra had to adjust to her new sense of her own story, and that couldn't be done in a day.
Lord, if I thought you were listening, I'd pray for this above all: that any church set up in your name should remain poor, and powerless, and modest. That it should wield no authority except that of...
It was such a strange tormenting feeling when your daemon was pulling at the link between you; part physical pain deep in the chest, part intense sadness and love. Everyone tested it when they were gr...
Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin.
Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no...
ACTRESS: Nonsense! It was an automaton controlled by the boy’s mesmeric waves as part of a plot organised by my rivals.
There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.The reason for that is that in adult literary fiction, stories are there...
She allowed herself to dwell on the cause of this strange, apprehensive exultation that she sensed flickering at the edge of her mind: it was the rarest thing of all - a man whom she knew at once, and...
Jimsonweed
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.
Una verdad referida con mala fe es peor que todas las mentiras.
The wave function of this situation is going to collapse quite soon.