When I am frightened, I shall master my fear.[repeated line]
What I’m best at… cause some chaos.[Roger Parslow: What will you do?]
We could take this universe apart and put it back together again.[to Marisa]
This is not about trust, this is about faith.[to MacPhail]
There are two forces that have always been at war with each other. Those who repress, who command, who don’t want us to be conscious, enquiring beings, and those who want us to know more, to be stronger and wiser, to explore.
Strength is salvation. Remember that.
Sometimes, subtlety is overrated.
I want her with everything I have.[to Asriel, about Lyra]
Every part of me is aching to be part of the universe again.
Every boundary in experimental theology requires the sacrifice of the few for the many.
Doubt comes when you care. It’s not bear or human. It’s the worst people that don’t doubt. The people like my mother and my father. The ones like Will and like you, the good people, they doubt because they don’t know which is the right path.
Being extraordinary takes application. It means being prepared to change.