I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none.
Philip PullmanYou going to be a scientist when you grow up?โ That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got.
Philip PullmanIt takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.
Philip PullmanJust finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.
Philip PullmanItโs like having to make a choice: a blessing or a curse. The one thing you canโt do is choose neither.
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 PullmanAll writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don't get plumber's block, and doctors don't get doctor's block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it?
Philip Pullman