Phrase by 'Philip Pullman'
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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.
Author: Philip Pullman - British WriterOld , Young , Duty , Anxiety
Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit.
Author: Philip Pullman - British WriterLife , Love , You , People
Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it.
Author: Philip Pullman - British WriterYou , Your , Numbers , Manners
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.
Author: Philip Pullman - British WriterTime , Need , Forever , Silence
The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.
Author: Philip Pullman - British WriterBook , Story , Function , Delight
Authors are not a special case, deserving of more sympathy than many other groups. We are a particular case of a general degradation of the quality of life, and we are not going to stop pointing it out, because we speak for many other groups as well.
Author: Philip Pullman - British WriterLife , Sympathy , Speak , Quality