Philip Pullman Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• 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 lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none.

  Philip Pullman

  Truth, Lying, Nerves

  Philip Pullman (2007). “The Amber Spyglass”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

• 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.

  Philip Pullman

  Powerful, Liars, Lying

  Philip Pullman (1995). “Northern lights”

• Lyra learns to her great cost that fantasy isn’t enough. She has been lying all her life, telling stories to people, making up fantasies, and suddenly she comes to a point where that’s not enough. All she can do is tell the truth. She tells the truth about her childhood, about the experiences she had in Oxford, and that is what saves her. True experience, not fantasy - reality, not lies - is what saves us in the end.

  Philip Pullman

  Lying, Reality, Oxford

• ...when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra’s Oxford and Will’s would lie over each other again, like transparent images on two sheets of film being moved closer and closer until they merged–although they would never truly touch.

  Philip Pullman

  Lying, Oxford, Two

  Philip Pullman (2007). “The Amber Spyglass”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

  Philip Pullman

  Real, Lying, Writing

• For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence

  Philip Pullman

  Lying, Writing, Silence

• Do not lie to the Scholar.

  Philip Pullman

  Lying, Scholar

  Philip Pullman (2007). “The subtle knife”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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