Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain.
-- Philip Pullman
   
Philip Pullman   Name:
Philip Pullman
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
British
Birth:
October 19, 1946
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