When she saw how they worked, not on their own but two by two, working their trunks together to tie a knot, she realized why they'd been so astonishe… - Philip Pullman
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When she saw how they worked, not on their own but two by two, working their trunks together to tie a knot, she realized why they'd been so astonished by her hands, because of course she could tie knots on her own. At first she felt that this gave an advantage — she needed no one else — and then she realized how it cut her off from others. Perhaps all human beings were like that.
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Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE (born October 19, 1946) is an English writer. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy novels, and a number of other books.
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Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman
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