Lord Asriel Quotes

“To rebel was right and just, when you considered what the agents of the Authority did in His name.”

“Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin.”

″‘Wren, you’re forgetting your place,’ said Lord Asriel. ‘Don’t question me; just do as I tell you.‘”

“Somewhere out there is the origin of all the Dust, all the death, the sin, the misery, the destructiveness in the world. Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin. And I’m going to destroy it. Death is going to die.”

“Your parents, both strong in the world, both ambitious, and the Master of Jordan holding you in the balance between them.”