Author: Philip Pullman

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One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

- Philip Pullman

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

- Philip Pullman

I love the way ravens fly; they are the most acrobatic and daring birds.

I love the way ravens fly; they are the most acrobatic and daring birds.

- Philip Pullman

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

- Philip Pullman

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.

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.

- Philip Pullman

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

- Philip Pullman

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose.

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose.

- Philip Pullman

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