Garth Nix Quotes

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

For all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of dep...

I’m not going,” he said. He held up the Third key like a weapon. Sensing his mood, it grew longer an...

Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms b...

Our parts now -- which perforce we must play -- are not father and daughter, but one old Abhorsen, m...

Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with ...

The Clayr saw me, the Wallmaker made me, the King quenched me, the Abhorsen wields me so that no Dea...

I have walked in Death to the very precipice of the Ninth Gate," Abhorsen said quietly. "I know the ...

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

I can see time," whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost.

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.

A breath?" she asked. She didn't want to kiss just any wooden man. He looked nice enough, but he mig...

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If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally...

My parents are going to kill me!""That seems rather harsh...

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassion...

Be assured that any hurt to your spirit will pass in time. It is the nature of Death to take, but th...

‎"It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, but sort of washed out, like a...

There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large p...

When the dead do walk seek water's run,for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or bro...

The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futu...

Even now, she wished she could write a note, push it across the table, and go away to her room. But ...

Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you ...

[Lunch] was composed of one of the fish she had caught, evidently rescued from Mogget. This had been...

It was like someone far away calling someone else’s name.

Clearly the Old One had the capacity to kill - or easily deliver some sort of final ending that soun...

Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surpr...

I won't let you go! I love you, Dog!''There will be other dogs and friends, and loves' whispered the...

So I'll do that, and I'll do my best and if my best isn't good enough, at least I will have done eve...

Time and death sleep side by side.

As for you, Private, if you mention a word of this to anyone, I'll feed you to the cat thing here. U...

Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.

But think of how much worse it would be to sit here, not knowing. Until the Dead choke the Ratterlin...

Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the ...

… I wonder why she hasn't spread the tale.""The only reason she would not is if she is ill or the st...

As it 'appens, I am Arthur's right-hand man," said Suzy. "Or left-hand girl, I can't remember where ...

Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it. There's plenty I'm afraid of. Just not va...

Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it.