“I don't know how to describe the feeling. It did not exist one moment and then there it was, coursing through my head: "Death doesn't discriminate..." [...] Music doesn't discriminate when it arrives either. It'll get you on the A train if you're open to it.”
― Hamilton: The Revolution
― Hamilton: The Revolution
“Well now,” the Master went on. “We must think about your future, Lyra.”
His words made her shiver. She gathered herself and sat up. “All the time I was away,” Lyra said, “I never thought about that. All I thought about was just the time I was in, just the present. There were plenty of times when I thought I didn’t have a future at all. And now… Well, suddenly finding I’ve got a whole life to live, but no… but no idea what to do with it, well, it’s like having the alethiometer but no idea how to read it.”
― His Dark Materials
His words made her shiver. She gathered herself and sat up. “All the time I was away,” Lyra said, “I never thought about that. All I thought about was just the time I was in, just the present. There were plenty of times when I thought I didn’t have a future at all. And now… Well, suddenly finding I’ve got a whole life to live, but no… but no idea what to do with it, well, it’s like having the alethiometer but no idea how to read it.”
― His Dark Materials
“I remember. He meant the kingdom was over, the kingdom of heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn’t live as if it mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.”
― His Dark Materials
― His Dark Materials
“Well, all right then. Finding out that you're an Arctic hare – that's surprising. Damn, I was surprised."
"Surprised? Why the hell were you surprised? I ain't surprised," said Hester. "Iorek's right. I always knew I had more class than a rabbit.”
― Once Upon a Time in the North
"Surprised? Why the hell were you surprised? I ain't surprised," said Hester. "Iorek's right. I always knew I had more class than a rabbit.”
― Once Upon a Time in the North
“Maybe it means nothing. It just is."
"Everything means something," Lyra said severely. "We just have to find out how to read it.”
― Lyra's Oxford
"Everything means something," Lyra said severely. "We just have to find out how to read it.”
― Lyra's Oxford
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