Garth Nix Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.”
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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 experience of the supernatural, something I couldn't explain.”
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“Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #1: Mister Monday”, p.202, Scholastic Inc.
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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 be explained rationally, it still feels that there is more to it.”
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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 your own actions, and make the best out of what happens.”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2008). “Superior Saturday”, p.235, Scholastic Inc.
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“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2014). “Clariel”, p.219, Hot Key Books
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“I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2014). “Sabriel”, p.185, Hot Key Books
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“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.”
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“Please," said Lirael..."I think I would like to work in this Library." "The Library," repeated Sanar, looking troubled. "That can be dangerous to a girl of fourteen. Or a woman of forty, for that matter.”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.38, Hot Key Books
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“May I say that I approve of a piece that tries to remake the entire puzzle?”
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“There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians.”
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“If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?”
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“There is always a choice, even if the alternatives don't appear to be equal.”
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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 later on.”
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“‎"It always seemed somehow less real here... a really detailed dream, but sort of washed out, like a thin watercolor. Softer, somehow, even with their electric light and engines and everything. I guess it was because there was hardly any magic.”
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“Sam picked up his pack, but before he could put it on, Mogget leaped onto it and slid under the top flap. All that could be seen of him were his green eyes and one white-furred ear. "Remember I advised against this way," he instructed. "Wake me when whatever terrible thing is a about to happen happens, or if it appears I might get wet.”
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“Time and death sleep side by side.”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2014). “Abhorsen”, p.36, Hot Key Books
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“I am Abhorsen..." He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel”
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“A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.”
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“But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.”
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“I’m not going,†he said. He held up the Third key like a weapon. Sensing his mood, it grew longer and sharper, till he was holding a trident as long as he was tall... “And anyone who tries to make me is going to suffer.†“Twice,†added the voice under the table.”
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“Let this be my final lesson. Everyone and everything has a time to die.”
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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 cannot be denied. Not when you look into the stars of the ninth gate.”
-- Garth NixSource : Garth Nix (2014). “Abhorsen”, p.194, Hot Key Books
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“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 everything I could, everything that is in me. I don't have to try to be someone else, someone I could never be.”
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“Why, Yrael?†it said, as the last of the dark gave way to silver, and the shining sphere of metal sank slowly to the ground. “Why?†“Life,†said Yrael, who was more Mogget than it ever knew. “Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.”
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“All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go.”
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“Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble...”
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“So are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack?”
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