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About Philip Pullman
English writer, best known for His Dark Materials
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer, best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. He is a contemporary author whose work has reached a wide readership, with 119 quotes on this site. His Dark Materials began with Northern Lights in 1995, which won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass, won the Whitbread Award. He later began the companion trilogy The Book of Dust in 2017, and its final novel, The Rose Field, was published in October 2025.
More from Philip Pullman (119 quotes) →Other sayings from Philip Pullman
- “You are so young, Lyra, too young to understand this, but I shall tell you anyway and you'll understand it la…”Philip Pullman
- “She has committed great sins, but they've been forgiven, and that's why she loves so deeply.”Philip Pullman
- “The only instrument I play myself is the ukulele.”Philip Pullman
- “The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.”Philip Pullman
Religion: more sayings
- “Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does…”Pauline Hanson
- “Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support…”Anita Brookner
- “I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.”Hazel Scott
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Books by Philip Pullman
Northern Lights
1999
The Subtle Knife
2002
The Amber Spyglass
2001
His Dark Materials
2007
The ruby in the smoke (Sally Lockhart #1)
1985