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After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.
Philip Pullman
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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
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So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.
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She longed for cutlasses, pistols, and brandy she had to make do with coffee, and pencils, and verbs.
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But we can trust him Roger, I swear, she said with a final effort,Because he's Will.
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