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His Dark Materials Quotes
20 of the best book quotes from His Dark Materials
- #1“Men and women are moved by tides much fiercer than you can imagine.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharacterThe Master of Jordan Collegeconceptshumankindmovedimagining
- #2“Was there only one world, after all, that spent its time dreaming of others?”
- #3“Put your foot through the hole in the seedpod where I was playing, and you will become wise.”
- #4“To rebel was right and just, when you considered what the agents of the Authority did in His name.”
- #5“Good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersMary MaloneWill ParryLyra Belacquaconceptsgoodevilpeopleactions
- #6“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersXaphaniaSerafina Pekkalaconceptshuman historystrugglewisdomstupidity
- #7“Dust is something bad, something wrong, something evil and wicked.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersMarisa CoulterLyra Belacquaconceptsdustevilwickedness
- #8“It’s impossible, and if it isn’t impossible, it’s irrelevant, and if it isn’t either of those things, it’s embarrassing.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharacterMary Maloneconceptsimpossibleirrelevancebeing embarrassed
- #9“All of us . . . are engaged in a war already, although not all of us know it.”
- #10“The universe is full of intentions, you know. Everything happens for a purpose.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersJotham SanteliaLyra Belacquaconceptsuniverseintentionspurpose
- #11“I’d rather not know what’s in the future. I’ll stick to the present.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersLyra BelacquaRoger Parslowconceptsfuturenot knowingthe presentstate of mind
- #12“Dust is only a name for what happens when matter begins to understand itself.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersBalthamosWill Parryconceptsdustmatterunderstanding
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- #13“Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersLord AsrielLyra Belacquaconceptshuman beingssindestructive
- #14“The place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.”
- #15“That’s the duty of the old . . . to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersThe LibrarianThe Master of Jordan Collegeconceptsyoungolddutyanxiety
- #16“The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that’s all.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersWill ParryLyra BelacquaMary MaloneconceptsChristianitypowerfulconvincemistakesreligion
- #17“So she had passed her childhood, like a half-wild cat.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharacterLyra Belacquaconceptschildhoodignoranceadventurous
- #18“We have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are.”authorPhilip PullmanbookHis Dark MaterialscharactersWill ParryLyra Belacquaconceptsindependencehave to buildvictory
- #19“Being a practiced liar doesn’t mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all.”
- #20“We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not.”
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