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“Irene generally disliked debating philosophy or being told that answers were true ‘from a certain point of view’.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story

“a leader’s authority is limited to giving her followers orders that they will actually obey.”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story

“I have heard of people like you, who keep their deaths at bay. You don’t like them, and out of courtesy they stay out of sight. But they’re not far off. Whenever you turn your head, your deaths dodge behind you. Wherever you look, they hide. They can hide in a teacup. Or in a dewdrop. Or in a breath of wind.”
― Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials

“I saw there wasn’t any God at all and that physics was more interesting anyway. The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that’s all.”
― Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials