The Amber Spyglass

There's no one to fret, no one to condemn, no one to bless me for being a good girl, no one to punish me or being wicked. Heaven was empty. I didn't know whether God had died, or whether there never had been a God at all. Either way, I felt free and lonely and I didn't know whether I was happy or unhappy, but something very strange had happened.

from The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
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The Subtle Knife

"You think things have to be possible? Things have to be true!"

from The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
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The Golden Compass

It wasn't Lyra's way to brood; she was a sanguine and practical child, and besides, she wasn't imaginative. No one with much imagination would have thought seriously that it was possible to come all this way and rescue her friend Roger; or, having thought it, an imaginative child would immediately have come up with several ways in which it was impossible. Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.

from The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
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