The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss.

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?

Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

Friendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has to do with wanting to give something back to those you admire.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.