Quote by: Philip Pullman

When you stopped believing in God," he went on, "did you stop believing in good and evil?" "No. But I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. All we can say is that this is a good deed, because it helps someone, or that's an evil one, because it hurts them. People are too complicated to have simple labels.


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Author Bio


  • NamePhilip Pullman
  • DescriptionEnglish author
  • BornOctober 19, 1946
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksHis Dark Materials Trilogy; The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ
  • AwardsAstrid Lindgren Memorial Award; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire