Quotes by Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman

…when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra’s Oxford and Will’s would lie over each other again, like transparent images on two sheets of film being moved closer and closer until they merged–although they would never truly touch.

Lying

Oxford

Two

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

Heart

Might

Once Upon A Time

A murderer was a worthy companion.

Companion

Murderer

Worthy

A story, to me, has a particular sprite, like the angel of the spirit of that story – and it’s my job to attend to what it wants to do. When I tell the story of Cinderella, the sprite does not want me to make it into an allegory of the fall of communism. The sprite would be unhappy if I did that.

Angel

Fall

Jobs

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

Book

Mind

Writing

All stories teach, whether the storyteller intends them to or not. They teach the world we create. They teach the morality we live by. They teach it much more effectively than moral precepts and instructions.

Morality

Stories

World

All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it?

Block

Doctors

Writing

And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment, the two angels were embracing, and Will, gazing into the flames, saw their mutual affection. More than affection: they loved each other with a passion.

Angel

Love

Passion

And then what?” said her daemon sleepily. “Build what?” “The Republic of Heaven,” said Lyra.

Heaven

Republic

Said

And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?

Doe

Thinking

Worry

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Academic

Adults

Adventure

America

Angel

Anxiety

Arguing

Aurora

Bears

Beautiful

Becoming

Being Yourself

Believe

Believer

Blank

Blessing

Block

Blood

Book

Broken

Butterfly

Cages

Change

Character

Children

Choices

Christian

Clever

Clouds

Companion

Cost

Couple

Curse

Dark

Darkness

Despair

Destiny

Devil

Different

Distance

Doctors

Doe

Done

Dragons

Dream

Dust

Effort

Evil

Example

Eye

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Quotes by Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman

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

A murderer was a worthy companion.

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

All stories teach, whether the storyteller intends them to or not. They teach the world we create. They teach the morality we live by. They teach it much more effectively than moral precepts and instructions.

And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment, the two angels were embracing, and Will, gazing into the flames, saw their mutual affection. More than affection: they loved each other with a passion.

And then what?” said her daemon sleepily. “Build what?” “The Republic of Heaven,” said Lyra.

And think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?

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