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Conor had volunteered to carry it, perhaps hoping it would make the others think better of him. Rollan — Garth Nix

Both of them often turned to gaze at Sabriel. — Garth Nix

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

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness. — Garth Nix

Clearly the Old One had the capacity to kill - or easily deliver some sort of final ending that sounded remarkably like death. — Garth Nix

You mortals arose from the possibility she made and, though she always liked to think so, are consequently not of her direct design. — Garth Nix

What do you mean? I am Mogget, of course. The one and only Mogget. Though I have had other names. — Garth Nix

Everything is always better for a walk. — Garth Nix

Stop! By the Keys I hold, I order the Nothing to stop! House, you must hold against the Void! — Garth Nix

Might have been and could have done, neither worth thinking on. — Garth Nix

In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic. — Garth Nix

Are you . . . are you the athask? The great one?" "Maybe," said Mogget. "I can't remember." "Mogget, — Garth Nix

I 'ad a toy when I was little,' said Suzy. She frowned for a moment, then added, 'Can't remember what it was. It moved and made me laugh ... — Garth Nix

Cats never liked to admit to names. Being named might lead to being held responsible for something. — Garth Nix

Unhand my tail!" squealed the Will. — Garth Nix

The Dog was a different matter. She was new, or so old that any book that told of her was long since dust. The creature in the fog thought the latter. — Garth Nix

I can see time, whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost. — Garth Nix

Midnight Visitors,' whispered Suzy fearfully. 'With nightmare-whips and night-gloves. — Garth Nix

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

It is always important to look beyond a pleasant visage. — Garth Nix

Luxuriate in a constant flow of information, picking out whatever I wanted to know. — Garth Nix

I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind. — Garth Nix

Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing. — Garth Nix

Should have told you . . . betrayed . . . the Bile . . . — Garth Nix

Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix. — Garth Nix

A hundred hundred heartbeats ... whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face. — Garth Nix

What's too late?" asked Mogget. "Hold — Garth Nix

A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more. — Garth Nix

I have never known what to tell anybody. Except that it is better to do something than nothing, even if the cost is great. — Garth Nix

Time and death sleep side by side. — Garth Nix

What Great Beast will have their solitude pierced by your grasping little voices? — Garth Nix

Devoid of life, it was also devoid of the Dead. — Garth Nix

I am not afraid," he said to himself. — Garth Nix

If she had been in a pointing competition, she would have lost points. — Garth Nix

I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed. — Garth Nix

she still felt she was a librarian and always would be, no matter what else she had become as well. "We — Garth Nix

Fine!" muttered Mogget. "Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river. — Garth Nix

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

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

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

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

Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble ... — Garth Nix

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

Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die. — Garth Nix

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

Often, I get the feeling that the story is really happening somewhere and all I'm doing is trying to work out the best way to tell it. — Garth Nix

Arthur sighed and barely managed to whisper, Key ... hold the Hour Hand for ... a minute ... a minute ... — Garth Nix

One thing I did learn early on was not to put all my trust in magic. If it can be done without magic, it's better done without magic. — Garth Nix

I don't particularly want to meet anyone. I'm quite happy by myself. Or at least, I was, back home. — Garth Nix

I am Abhorsen ... "
He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel — Garth Nix

Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude? — Garth Nix

Bee stings are very educational — Garth Nix

But we survived, didn't we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it's a tragedy. — Garth Nix

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

Lirael left in a daze of happiness. She had survived the ordeal. She had been accepted. She was going to be a librarian! — Garth Nix

Alternatives! Probabilities! — Garth Nix

It was like someone far away calling someone else's name. — Garth Nix

I lied," said the Dog cheerily. "That's one of the reasons I'm the Disreputable Dog. Besides, — Garth Nix

Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours, declared the Major. — Garth Nix

As per usual, trouble comes in several directions at once. — Garth Nix

The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures. — Garth Nix

There is always a choice, even if the alternatives don't appear to be equal. — Garth Nix

Believe in Lord Arthur. Believe in your Carp. We shall prevail. — Garth Nix

It's you I'm concerned about. You are letting your fear come between you and getting better. — Garth Nix

I hope you find some stories here that you will enjoy, or wonder about, or that linger uncomfortably in the mind when you wish they didn't. — Garth Nix

You have to know where you are to know where to go. — Garth Nix

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker? — Garth Nix

Be assured that any hurt to your spirit will pass in time. It is the nature of Death to take, but the nature of Life to give. — Garth Nix

Interestingly, it is often the younger members of the audience who ask the most sophisticated questions. — Garth Nix

I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range. — Garth Nix

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue. — Garth Nix

The Clayr saw me, the Wallmaker made me, the King quenched me, the Abhorsen wields me so that no Dead shall walk in Life. For this is not their path. — Garth Nix

Yet when ancient forces stir, many things are woken. — Garth Nix

She was no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She was the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. — Garth Nix

Keys to the Kingdom Mister Monday Garth Nix BOOK ONE — Garth Nix

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

We're really going to ride rhinos?" asked Conor excitedly. — Garth Nix

A passion thwarted will often go astray. — Garth Nix

It's always better to be doing. — Garth Nix

...I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not that kind of princess. — Garth Nix

Sixth comes Saraneth, also known as the Binder. Saraneth speaks with the deep voice of power, shackling the Dead to the wielder's will. — Garth Nix

Oh, fierce librarians, then? Tell you to shush and that sort of thing? — Garth Nix

This is what it is, to be an Abhorsen. — Garth Nix

Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it. — Garth Nix

As if they were crazed stoats that had to be got rid of before they killed again. — Garth Nix

Do not tarry, do not stop, no matter what happens. — Garth Nix

Be careful..you're all I've got left, to remind me who I really am. — Garth Nix

Waiting feeds fear. Courage comes with deeds. — Garth Nix

You'd better take over here as temporary Mistress, Joan, he said to Professor Aiken. — Garth Nix

There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians. — Garth Nix