" ' But you, your daemon en't separate from you. It's you. A part of you. You're part of each other. En't there anyone in your world like us? Are they all like you, with their daemons all hidden away?' " Chap. 1, The Cat and the Hornbeam Trees, p. 25.

"The witch was sobbing. 'She is the one who came before, and you have hated and feared her ever since! Well, now she has come again, and you failed to find her . . . She was there on Svalbard—she was with Lord Asriel, and you lost her.' "Chap. 2, Among the Witches, p. 39.

"She sat very quietly, watching the houses and gardens of the city that was hers and not hers. It was like being in someone else's dream." Chap. 3, A Children's World, p. 69.

" 'You might not call it that. It's elementary particles. In my world the Scholars call it...