Tolkien seems to me reactionary, conservative, fearful of a modern world. Fearful of anything that isn't sanctioned by the passage of long eons of time. I think what I'm doing in His Dark Materials is politically the reverse of that. Votes: 4
There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies's 'The Deptford Trilogy' and Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.' Votes: 3
I don't despise 'Don Quixote,' but it is a book I don't... get. I'll have to come back it. Maybe there'll be a gateway story that opens it up for me; that happened for me with 'Paradise Lost' and the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. Votes: 3
Everything means something. Votes: 2
But we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will. Votes: 2
So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky. Votes: 2
Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. Votes: 4 Dan Millman
History is His story. Votes: 3 James Packer
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. Votes: 5 John Berger