Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.
Philip PullmanSo Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.
Philip PullmanYou don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.
Philip PullmanThe best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has all sorts of horrible things in it like sex and death and some really big and complicated ideas, and you're better off not touching it until you're all grown up. I'm going to put it on this shelf and leave the room for a while. Don't open it.
Philip PullmanShe had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. A murderer was a worthy companion. She felt as safe with him as she'd done with Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear.
Philip Pullman