“She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. A murderer was a worthy companion. She felt as safe with him as she'd done with Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear.”
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“It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.”
“It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.”
“Reading keeps you from going ga-ga.”
“She did not know that the wolf was a wicked sort of animal, and she was not afraid of him.”