“It's not about saving humanity. It never has been." Mantrella, THE WAKING GOD TRILOGY”

“YOU RECEIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE”

“Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God chose to be hurt.”

“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.”

“Lyra learns to her great cost that fantasy isn’t enough. She has been lying all her life, telling stories to people, making up fantasies, and suddenly she comes to a point where that’s not enough. All she can do is tell the truth. She tells the truth about her childhood, about the experiences she had in Oxford, and that is what saves her. True experience, not fantasy - reality, not lies - is what saves us in the end.”

“We've sifted through the eight thousand, don't worry about that. And this is the one. This is the murder weapon, no doubt about it."Then the President has been murdered?"I cant tell you that right now. But I can assure you that if there has been a murder, this is what did it.”

“I dream about you every night. It's torture.""Why torture?""Because I wake up knowing I didn't actually touch you.”