We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

Philip Pullman
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  2. Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up. - Stephen King

  3. People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent. - Jostein Gaarder

  4. Ah, art! Ah, life! The pendulum swinging back and forth, from complex to simple, again to complex. From romantic to realistic, back to romantic. - Ray Bradbury

  5. Pity is cruel. Pity destroys. - Graham Greene

More Quotes By Philip Pullman
  1. I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you.. We'll live in...

  2. I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every...

  3. You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

  4. If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure.

  5. 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.

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