One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

Quote by Philip Pullman

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

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

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...

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need...

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can...

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway. If you can...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it.

Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...