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Philip Pullman Quotes

Philip Pullman quotes about time

British Writer October 19, 1946

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There are two great powers and they've been fighting since time began. Every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit. Philip Pullman
And then Serafina understood something for which the witches had no word: it was the idea of pilgrimage. She understood why these beings would wait for thousands of years and travel vast distances in order to be close to something important, and how they would feel differently for the rest of time, having been briefly in its presence. That was how these creatures looked now, these beautiful pilgrims of rarefied light, standing around the girl with the dirty-face and the tartan skirt and the... Philip Pullman
Symbols and emblems were everywhere. Buildings and pictures were designed to be read like books. Everything stood for something else; if you had the right dictionary, you could read Nature itself. It was hardly surprising to find philosophers using the symbolism of their time to interpret knowledge that came from a mysterious source. Philip Pullman
One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. Philip Pullman
Thou shalt not might' reach the head but it takes 'Once upon a time' to reach the heart. Also: We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them. Philip Pullman
We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever. Philip Pullman
There is time, and there is beyond time. History belongs to time, but truth belongs to what is beyond time. In writing of things as they should have been, you are letting truth into history. You are the word of God. Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman quote: "Was there only one world after all which spent its time..."
Was there only one world after all which spent its time dreaming of others? Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman quote: "We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their..."
We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish. Philip Pullman
in writing like this, he was letting truth from beyond time into history, and thus making history the handmaid of posterity and not its governor... Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman quote: "For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high..."
For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim. Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman quote: "Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is..."
Thou Shalt Not is soon forgotten, but Once Upon a Time is forever. Philip Pullman
For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story. Philip Pullman

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