“When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again.”
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: The Golden Compass
Quotes from bookNorthern Lights
Philip PullmanOriginal title Northern Lights (British English, 1995)
Northern Lights is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published by Scholastic UK in 1995. Set in a parallel universe, it features the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as "Dust".
“You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.”
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: The Golden Compass
“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 18 : Fog and Ice
“When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends.”
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
The Librarian to the Master, in Ch. 2 : The Idea of North
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995)
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Variant: Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin.
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 21 : Lord Asriel's Welcome
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 15 : The Dæmon Cages
Context: Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.
Philip Pullman book Northern Lights
Source: His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass (1995), Ch. 18 : Fog and Ice
