The steamy, noisy kitchen was the safest place in the world, it seemed to him. Safety had never been anything to think about before; it was something… - Philip Pullman

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The steamy, noisy kitchen was the safest place in the world, it seemed to him. Safety had never been anything to think about before; it was something you took for granted, like his mother’s endless, effortless, generous food, and the fact that there would always be hot plates ready to serve it on.