By Philip Pullman
"'That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.'" Pg. 32
"It was a fine thing to be free again. She knew that Pantalaimon, padding on wildcat paws besider her, felt the same joy as she did to be in the open air, even if it was murky London air laden with fumes and soot and clangorous with noise." Pg 99
"To be sure, there's a warm passion behind what you say. But if you give in to that passion, friends, you're a doing what I always warned you agin: you're placing the satisfaction of your own feelings above the work you have to do." Pg 138 John Faa
"Under his guidance she found out that having something to do prevented you from feeling seasick, and that even a job like scrubbing a deck could be satisfying, if it was done in a seamanlike way. She was very taken with this notion, and later on she folded the blankets on her bunk in a seamanlike way, and put her possessions in the closet in a seamanlike way, and used 'stow' instead of 'tidy' for the process of doing so." Pg 165
"The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else." Pg 335 Lyra plotting for Iofur Raknison
The Subtle Knife
"And all the time he was intensely aware of the girl She was small and slight, but wiry, and she fought like a tiger; his fist had raised a bruise on her cheek, and she was ignoring it. Her expression was a mixture of the very young - when she first tasted the cola - and a kind of deep, sad wariness." Pg 24
"The Texan got to his feet, whiplashed-lean and courteous. He looked as if he were not conscious of the strangeness of the occasion, but he was. His hare daemon, Hester, crouched beside him, her ears flat along her back, her golden eyes half closed." Pg 51 Lee Scoresby
"'For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.'" Pg 298
Books 57 - 59
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