Northern Lights - Third Year

Dear all,

Just a small reminder that the letter on morality in Northern Lights is due in on Monday. I know some of you are having issues with finding quotations etc. Below are some links which might help you:

Sparknotes Northern Lights chapter by chapter summary

Sparknotes Northern Lights quotations

Sparknotes Northern Lights themes

Also below are some quotations which may be useful. I have cobbled them together from memory and the internet - as I do not have a copy of the book to hand this weekend. If I think of anything else, I will post it over the weekend.

"That's the duty of the old," said the Librarian," to be anxious on b

ehalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old."

"Lyra's knowledge had great gaps in it, like a map of the world largely eaten by mice...."

"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."

"The air seemed full of dark intentions, like the forms of thoughts not yet born."

"Pantalaimon went on:
"We've heard them all talk about Dust, and they're so afraid of it, and you know what? We believed them, even though we could see that what they were doing was wicked and evil and wrong… We though Dust must be bad too, because they were grown up and they said so. But what if it isn't? What if it's?"
She said breathlessly, 'Yeah! What if it's really good…'

Last sentence of the novel:
"'And we'll do it,' she said.
She turned away. Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries. But they weren't alone.
So Lyra and her dæmon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky."

Good luck,

Mr K.