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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.
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- “This is what’ll happen,” she said, “and it’s true, perfectly true. When you go out of here, all the particles…”Philip Pullman
- “You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.”Philip Pullman
- “I write in pen because it works. A fountain pen is no good for writing in the way I do because I'd have to de…”Philip Pullman
Explore Freedom
- “Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.”Andrea Bocelli
- “The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”Maximilien Robespierre
- “Everything we have, everything we are, is a gift. How can we judge and shame ourselves if this is true?”Anna White
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- “Our father. We have killed him, and we will kill him again, and our world will kill him. And yet he is there.…”Frederick Buechner
- “You do not have to worhip god to be good and you certainly do not have to be good to worship god.”Chris Decker
- “It doesn't matter how many drugs I take, I'm not fulfilled. This isn't satisfying. There's a spiritual hunger…”Alice Cooper
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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