# Northern Lights

- Author: [Philip Pullman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman.md)
- Quotes: 7
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights
- JSON version (same data): https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights.json

## Quotes

> "But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like?"
>
> "Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of fold as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/but-suppose-your.md)

Topics: [self-acceptance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/self-acceptance.md)

> In Lyra’s heart, revulsion struggled with compassion, and compassion won.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/in-lyras-heart.md)

Topics: [empathy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/empathy.md)

> You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/you-cannot-change.md)

Topics: [change](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/change.md), [taking action](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/taking-action.md)

> “That’s the duty of the old,” said the Librarian, “to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/thats-the-duty.md)

Topics: [old age](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/old-age.md), [youth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/youth.md)

> Human beings can’t see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That’s original sin.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/human-beings-cant.md)

Topics: [human nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/human-nature.md), [sin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/sin.md)

> “We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not,” said the witch, “or die of despair.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/we-are-all.md)

Topics: [fate](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/fate.md), [despair](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/despair.md)

> Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/philip-pullman/northern-lights/being-a-practiced.md)

Topics: [lies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/lies.md), [imagination](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/imagination.md)