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The Specters feast as vampires feast on blood, but the Specters’ food is attention. A conscious and informed interest in the world. The immaturity of children is less attractive to them.
Philip Pullman
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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
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I don't profess any religion I don't think it's possible that there is a God.... My books are about killing God.
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...because where we are is always the most important place.
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I'm for open-mindedness and tolerance. I'm against any form of fanaticism, fundamentalism or zealotry, and this certainty of 'We have the truth.' The truth is far too large and complex. Nobody has the truth.
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There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP!
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You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.
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But I know that all the things I do know are very small compared with the things that I don't know.
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