They were silent. Serafina turned to the nightingale and said, “What is your name?”
“I have no name. I didn’t know I was born until I was torn away from his heart.”
—Philip Pullman, *The Amber Spyglass”
In Praise of Lee Scoresby
"So I'd like to know what we can expect in the way of mayhem and ructions," he finished.
—Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
I don't know what I'm going to do with the phrase "mayhem and ructions", but it's going to be something.