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“One moment several things are possible, the next moment only one happens, and the rest don't exist. Except that other worlds have sprung into being, on which the did happen.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

tags: existence, life, science

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“Everything means something.”
― Philip Pullman, Lyra's Oxford

tags: daemon, his-dark-materials, lyra-belaqua, lyra-s-oxford, lyra-silvertongue

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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.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

tags: his-dark-materials, philip-pullman, the-golden-compass

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“It’s like having to make a choice: a blessing or a curse. The one thing you can’t do is choose neither.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

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“If a coin comes down heads, that means that the possibility of its coming down tails has collapsed. Until that moment the two possibilities were equal.
But on another world, it does come down tails. And when that happens, the two worlds split apart.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

tags: chance, parallel-universe, possibility

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