Adam and Eve are like imaginary number, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it.

Quote by Philip Pullman

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What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a...

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a...

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years...

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years...

Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If...

Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If...

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it...

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it...

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We...

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We...

And before I'd got to the end of the first paragraph, I'd come up slap...

And before I'd got to the end of the first paragraph, I'd come up slap...

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time;...

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time;...

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of...

What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of...

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish...

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish...

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title...

For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title...

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

For a human being, nothing comes naturally. We have to learn everything we do.

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And...

That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And...

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can...

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can...

My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.

My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.

When you look at organized religion of whatever sort whether it's Christianity in all its...

When you look at organized religion of whatever sort whether it's Christianity in all its...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage...

A great wave of oppressive tyranny isn't going to strike, but rather a slow seepage...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within