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Quotes About Courage

Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We
~ Philip Pullman
Shame on you! Think what this child has done! You might not have more courage, but you should be ashamed to show less.
~ Philip Pullman
She turned away. Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. But they weren't alone. So Lyra and her dæmon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.
~ Philip Pullman
Hepimiz kadere tabiyiz, ama hepimiz sanki deÄŸilmiÅŸiz gibi hareket etmeliyiz. dedi Cad?. Yoksa umutsuzluktan ölürüz.
~ Philip Pullman
Like a wave that has been building it's strength over a thousand miles of ocean, and which makes little stir in the deep water, but which, when it reaches the shallows rears itself high up into the sky, terrifying the shore dwellers, before crashing down on land with irresistible power - so Iorek Byrnison rose up against Iofur, exploding upward from his firm footing on the dry rock and slashing with a ferocious left hand at the exposed jaw of Iofur Raknison.
~ Philip Pullman
Aveva detto una volta a Serafina Pekkala che a lui volare non importava, che era soltanto un lavoro come un altro, ma non parlava sul serio. Levarsi in alto, con un buon vento alle spalle e un nuovo mondo davanti: cosa poteva esserci di meglio in questa vita?
~ Philip Pullman
Doesn't it scare you having your death close by all the time? said Lyra. Why ever would it? If he's there, you can keep an eye on him. I'd be a lot more nervous not knowing where he was.
~ Philip Pullman
if I have to die to do what's proper, then I will, and be happy while I do.
~ Philip Pullman
If I told you half of what he's done to keep us alive and safe, well, you wouldn't imagine it could be true.
~ Philip Pullman
He was twenty-four, ready for adventure, and happy to go wherever the winds took him. He'd better be, as Hester reminded him; he wasn't going to go anywhere else.
~ Philip Pullman
Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the
~ Philip Pullman
wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We're more concerned with not looking scared than with judging right.
~ Philip Pullman
The Musicians of Bremen
~ Philip Pullman
The two dark figures of the bene elim has not moved. But they spoke: You must come with us now. Lord Asriel needs you at once. The enemy's power is growing every minute. The shaman has told you what your task is. Follow us and help us win. Come with us. Come this way. Come now. And Will looked from them to Lyra's rucksack and back again, and he didn't hear a word they said.
~ Philip Pullman
Vielleicht tun wir manchmal nicht das Richtige, weil das Falsche uns gefährlicher erscheint. Wir wollen aber nicht, dass jemand denken könnte, wir hätten Angst. Deshalb tun wir das Falsche, nur weil es gefährlich ist. Uns ist es wichtiger, furchtlos zu erscheinen, als richtig zu urteilen.
~ Philip Pullman
We shouldn't be afraid of the obvious, because stories are about life, and life is full of obvious things like food and sleep and love and courage which you don't stop needing just because you're a good reader.
~ Philip Pullman
There he dwelt, a prisoner acting like a kind.
~ Philip Pullman
I think Lyra's braver than me; I think she's the best friend I ever had.
~ Philip Pullman
Well, this is a mystery," said Farder Coram, "and I'm glad I lived long enough to see it. To go into the dark of death is a thing we all fear, say what we like, we fear it. But if there's a way out for that part of us that has to go down there, then it makes my heart lighter.
~ Philip Pullman
We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if were are not, said the witch, or die of despair.
~ Philip Pullman
Detrás de ellos había dolor, muerte, miedo; delante estaba el peligro, insondables misterios. Pero no estaban solos.
~ Philip Pullman
Si los ángeles no lo lograron, ¿cómo osa siquiera planteárselo un hombre?
~ Philip Pullman
Voltò le spalle. Dietro di loro c'erano dolore, morte e terrore; davanti dubbio, pericolo e misteri insondabili. Ma non erano soli. Così Lyra e il suo daimon voltarono le spalle al mondo in cui erano nati, e guardarono verso il sole e camminarono nel cielo.
~ Philip Pullman
We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not," said the witch, "or die of despair
~ Philip Pullman