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abdc7e5
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"When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, 'It's all in Plato' -- meaning that the physical world we see around us is the crude, shabby, imperfect, second-rate copy of something much better. I want to emphasize the simple physical truth of things, the absolute primacy of the material life, rather than the spiritual or the afterlife.
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young-adult
books
beauty
wisdom
offense
philip-pullman
book
belief
value
children-s-books
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Philip Pullman |
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cccd81e
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"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world.
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young-adult
books
beauty
wisdom
offense
philip-pullman
book
plot
belief
value
children-s-books
paraphrased
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philip pullman |
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593ca26
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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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the-golden-compass
philip-pullman
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Philip Pullman |
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8c4454c
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I thought physics could be done to the glory of God, till I saw there wasn't any God at all and that physics was more interesting anyway. The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake, that's all.
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his-dark-materials
philip-pullman
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Philip Pullman |
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59d223c
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"Everything about her in that moment was soft, and that was one of his favorite memories later on--her tense grace made tender by the dimness, her eyes and hands and especially her lips, infinitely soft. He kissed her again and again, and each kiss was nearer to the last one of all. Heavy and soft with love, they walked back to the gate. Mary and Serafina were waiting. "Lyra--" Will said. And she said, "Will."
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the-amber-spyglass
philip-pullman
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philip pullman |
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9c27f38
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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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the-amber-spyglass
philip-pullman
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Philip Pullman |
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af66f46
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"On THE AMBER SPYGLASS: "If this plotline was a motorist, it would have been arrested for driving while intoxicated, if it had not perished in the horrible drunk accident where it went headlong over the cliff of the author's preachy message, tumbled down the rocky hillside, crashed, and burned."
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literature
philip-pullman
plotting
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John C. Wright |
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3c46de4
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Princess, princess, youngest daughter, Open up and let me in! Or else your promise by the water Isn't worth a rusty pin. Keep your promise, royal daughter, Open up and let me in!
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fairy-tales
iron-heinrich
philip-pullman
the-frog-king
rhyme
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Philip Pullman |
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14560ba
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"Well, where is God," said Mrs Coulter, "if he's alive? And why doesn't he speak anymore? At the beginning of the world, God walked in the garden and spoke with Adam and Eve. Then he began to withdraw, and Moses only heard his voice. Later, in the time of Daniel, he was aged - he was the Ancient of Days. Where is he now? Is he still alive, at some inconceivable age, decrepit and demented, unable to think or act or speak and unable to die, a rotten hulk? And if that IS his condition, wouldn't it be the most merciful thing, the truest proof of our love for God, to seek him out and give him the gift of death?"
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mrs-coulter
the-amber-spyglass
his-dark-materials
philip-pullman
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Philip Pullman |
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436c519
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Imagine the same scene in HAMLET if Pullman had written it. Hamlet, using a mystic pearl, places the poison in the cup to kill Claudius. We are all told Claudius will die by drinking the cup. Then Claudius dies choking on a chicken bone at lunch. Then the Queen dies when Horatio shows her the magical Mirror of Death. This mirror appears in no previous scene, nor is it explained why it exists. Then Ophelia summons up the Ghost from Act One and kills it, while she makes a speech denouncing the evils of religion. Ophelia and Hamlet are parted, as it is revealed in the last act that a curse will befall them if they do not part ways.
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shakespeare
literature
his-dark-materials
philip-pullman
plotting
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John C. Wright |
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0c7af34
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Whenever you turn your head, your deaths dodge behind you. Wherever you look, they hide. They hide in a teacup. Or in a dewdrop. Or in a breath of wind.
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the-amber-spyglass
his-dark-materials
philip-pullman
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Philip Pullman |