We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.
Philip PullmanIt 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 PullmanAnd think what worrying does: has anyone ever added a single hour to the length of his life by worrying about it?
Philip PullmanI seemed to have spent the whole time either reading, which I loved, or laughing, which I love, or fooling about, which I loved. There was the usual teenage angst: "Nobody understands me" and "I'm the only genius in the world" and all that stuff. But that didn't get very deep.
Philip Pullman