Garth Nix

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

— Garth Nix

All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go.

— Garth Nix

“Knowledge is always useful, even if...if it is not immediately apparent how it will be useful.”

— Garth Nix

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

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May I say that I approve of a piece that tries to remake the entire puzzle?

— Garth Nix

“Arthur sighed and barely managed to whisper, “Key... hold the Hour Hand for... a minute... a minute...”

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There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of…

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Knowledge, like all things, is best in moderation," intoned the Will. "Knowing everything means you don't need to think, and that is…

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

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“Is it a lack of faith to be thinking that we’re all going to be slain or captured and sunk into the…

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“Mmmmmm, said Ardent [the Royal Dog]. He liked cooked food. Also raw food and semicooked food, and things that might be food…

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“When do we c-c-come and rescue you?' 'If I'm not back by nightfall, come and take a very careful look,' said Anya.…

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I certainly have had experiences of a sense of wonder at the world and a feeling that even though it could all…

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“Music is a great balm. Another thing evil sorcerers give up. They cannot abide music, for it can conjure all human emotions,…

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Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the…

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I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or…

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“What do we do? asked the next-oldest puppy, one who rarely spoke. What can we do? Watch. Wait. Protect the princesses. Keep…

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I have a lot of friends who served in the regular army for a long time. Quite a few of my friends…

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“All things a wizard makes are flawed in some way. A Good Wizard, like myself, will do this intentionally. A Bad Wizard's…

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“...I've been thinking that it's as if my ancestors are saying it's all right to make things. That's what I'm meant to…

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“Lirael didn’t answer either question. She just looked at him, waiting for him to talk. He met her gaze at first, then…

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I sometimes talk to people who think I got published because I was an editor, or because I was an agent, and…

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“*A kiss," said Mogget sleepy. "Accualy a breath might do. But you eventualy have to start kissing someone sometimes, I suppose.”

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Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the…

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“BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO SURPRISED TO BE EATEN UP! guffawed the giant. PRINCESSES ALWAYS EXPECTS TO GET RESCUED. Do they? asked Anya…

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Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward,…

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“Yep," said Arthur. Somehow yep seemed the most positive thing he could say. Stronger than yeah and more heroic than yes .…

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“This? It's a feather-coin. I made it.' 'What is it for?' 'It isn't for anything. It's a toy.' 'It's for annoying people,'…

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Clearly the Old One had the capacity to kill - or easily deliver some sort of final ending that sounded remarkably like…

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

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“He growled and grimaced as they came to him, and clenched his fists in pain and anger. "Unusual name," commented Mogget. "More…

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I 'ad a toy when I was little,' said Suzy. She frowned for a moment, then added, 'Can't remember what it was.…

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It is taken care of. Nothing will not break into my Pit or the Far Reaches! I cannot speak for the other…

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We've had enough of your pretending to be God. We'll take our chances getting out of the city. Things have to be…

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Five Great Charters knit the land Together linked, hand in hand One in the people who wear the crown Two in the…

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I think having an open mind about these things is probably the most important thing, because even though I've never had an…

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“Sixth comes Saraneth, also known as the Binder. Saraneth speaks with the deep voice of power, shackling the Dead to the wielder’s…

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For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but its truth…

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“You know we do not make such judgments, said Shushu. Business is business. We do not question whether our customers are 'good'…

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“And your otter friend is eating by ... or in ... the pool. But it is as well that you should check.…

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