“I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart. Every atom of me...”

“I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was ...”

“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”

“I cant bear the thought of oblivion, Asriel, she continued. Sooner anything than that. I used to think pain would be worseto be tortured foreverI thought that must be worse . . . But as long as you...”

“Thats the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”

“We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.”

“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”

“Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you.”

“The two go hand in hand like a dance: chance flirts with necessity, randomness with determinism. To be sure, it is from this interchange that novelty and creativity arise in Nature, thereby yieldin...”

“Who better to confess to than a dying woman?”

“Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.”

“Everything is possible in this world so don't fear anything”

“Success is a possibility and a reality to its true seeker.”