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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) →More quotes by Philip Pullman
- “For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.”Philip Pullman
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- “I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.”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
Reading: more sayings
- “After reading and studying and getting in touch with the amount of information that I had while I was researc…”Wagner Moura
- “When she says margarita she means daiquiri.When she says quixotic she means mercurial.And when she says, "I'l…”David Lehman
- “There were pools of light among the stacks, directly beneath the bulbs which Philip had switched on, but it w…”Peter Ackroyd
Books: more sayings
- “After reading and studying and getting in touch with the amount of information that I had while I was researc…”Wagner Moura
- “I wrote three mysteries and then a contemporary spy novel that was unbelievably derivative - completely based…”Alan Furst
- “I didn't say what kind of book. You have a foul mind Bingley.""Don't mock me on my sister's wedding day!""I m…”Marsha Altman
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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