We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.

Philip Pullman
We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than...
We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than...
We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than...
We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than...
About This Quote

We should not live as if other worlds and other lives matter more than this life in this world. Where we are is always the most important place. In this quote, he points out that it is easy to think that other things matter more than this world, but those things only matter because they are where we are.

Source: The Amber Spyglass

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