"The Golden Compass" Quotes
A young girl embarks on a dangerous journey to the Arctic in search of kidnapped children and uncovers a world of mystery, magic, and parallel universes.
fantasy | 399 pages | Published in 1995
Quotes
The essence of experience isn't what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and patient, and we've got to study and think and work hard, all of us, in all our different worlds, and then we'll build...
The truth is what the world is; it's not what it should be.
I'll be looking for a job. I'll be looking for a good job. I'll be looking for a job that pays me enough to live on.
We were all going to die anyway; I'd rather die on my feet than on my knees.
The world is full of paradoxes, you know; that's why it's such an interesting place to live.
The point is, you should have a choice. Without a choice, there is no good at all.
I'll be a scientist when I grow up. I'll be the greatest scientist who ever lived.
You cannot change what you are, only what you do.
It's not victory that tells us who we are. It's defeat.
