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“I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must.
Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“...because where we are is always the most important place.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“It does not make sense. It cannot exist. It's impossible, and if it isn't impossible, it's irrelevant, and if it isn't either of those things, it's embarrassing.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

“There’s been terrible things we seen, en’t there? And more a coming, more’n likely. So I think I’d rather not know what’s in the future. I’ll stick to the present.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“But you cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass