"The Subtle Knife" Quotes

Without this child, we shall all die. And this child has been given to us, and we must protect him.

The witches are good. And the bears are good. The witches and the bears are all good. But the bear-king is bad. And the sky is breaking.

Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.

The only way to learn is to ask questions.

People are too complicated to have simple labels.

I'm not going to hide in a cupboard just because the servants have gone mad.

I think it's better to be a pirate than to join the navy.

Trust is a valuable thing. I've learned that. It's like gold dust. It takes a long time to gather, but only seconds to scatter.

To read is to empower, to empower is to write, to write is to influence, to influence is to change, to change is to live.

We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not.