Quotes from Philip Pullman

In the dense green of the canopy, with the rich blue of the sky between the leaves; with a breeze keeping her skin cool, and the faint scent of the flowers delighting her whenever she sensed it; with the rustle of the leaves, the song of the hundreds of birds, and the distant murmur of the waves on the seashore, all her senses were lulled and nurtured, and if she could have stopped thinking, she would have been entirely lapped in bliss.

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

What were these mysteries? Was there only one world after all, which spent its time dreaming of others?

Por él habría cambiado mi naturaleza. Me habría olvidado del titilar de las estrellas y de la música de la aurora, no habría vuelto a volar en mi vida (...)pero uno no puede cambiar lo que es, lo único que puede cambiar es lo que hace.

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would.

command, Your Eminence. You have only to

Except my uncle Ã¢â'¬Â¦ There's something I forgot to tell you. When he was showing them lantern slides, there was another one he had. It was the Roarer—' 'The what?' said John Faa. 'The Aurora,' said Farder Coram.

For Empire is no more, and now the Lion & Wolf shall cease." —from "America: A Prophecy" by William Blake

It was the loneliness of his death that upset Malcolm most.

Perhaps, she thought calmly, whatever moves the alethiometer's needle is making the Aurora glow too.

we can only defend democracy by being undemocratic

whatever humanness he had left felt the strangest of pleasures: that of offering eager obedience to a stronger power that was wholly right.

Witches and their dæmons felt no cold, but they were aware that other humans did.

And we have the right to refuse to guide them if they lie, or if they hold anything back, or if they have nothing to tell us. If they live in the world, they should see and touch and hear and love and learn things. We shall make an exception for infants who have not had time to learn anything, but otherwise, if they come down here bringing nothing, we shall not guide them out.

the zeppelin. It sounded

This rivalry was hundreds of years old, and very deep and satisfying.

Du bist ein Feind der Kirche, Lee Scorsby. An ihren Füchten sollt ihr sie erkennen, an ihren Fragen die Schlange sehen, die an ihren Herzen nagt...

When he rescued me, he was young and strong and full of pride and beauty. I loved him at once. I would have changed my nature, I would have forsaken the star-tingle and the music of the Aurora; I would never have flown again—I would have given all that up in a moment, without a thought, to be a gyptian boat wife and cook for him and share his bed and bear his children. But you cannot change what you are, only what you do. I am a witch. He is a human.

What is this Dust? It comes from the sky. Some say it has always been there, some say it is newly falling. What is certain is that when people become aware of it, a great fear comes over them. and they'll stop at nothing to discover what it is. But it is not of any concern to witches.

But events have consequences, and sometimes the effects of what we once did take a long time to become fully apparent.

Lyra marvelled at the effect hope could have.

It was something she knew she had to do, but she felt uneasy about it, and afraid, too.

When we were alive, they told us that when we died we'd go to heaven. And they said that heaven was a place of joy and glory and we would spend eternity in the company of saints and angels praising the Almighty, in a state of bliss. That's what they said. And that's what led some of us to give our lives, and others to spend years in solitary prayer, while all the joy of life was going to waste around us, and we never knew.

Yes, the secret commonwealth…You don't hear much talk about that these days. When I was young, there wasn't a single bush, not a single flower nor a stone, that didn't have its own proper spirit. You had to have a mind to your manners around them, to ask for pardon, or for permission, or give thanks….Just to acknowledge that they were there, them spirits, and they had their proper rights to recognition and courtesy.