For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.
Philip PullmanThe justice of it seems to children correct and right - I mean, we laugh at it! We underestimate children's ability to know what is a story and what isn't.
Philip PullmanAfter nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
Philip Pullman