Garth Nix Quotes

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

    Parent   Paranoia   Harsh  
  • Five Great Charters knit the land Together linked, hand in hand One in the people who wear the crown Two in the folk who keep the Dead down Three and Five became stone and mortar Four sees all in frozen water.

    Hands   Land   Two  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Sabriel”, p.125, Hot Key Books
  • I don't do all the background and the worldbuilding before I start the story. What I do is I work out the bare minimum I need to start the story, and often that really is a bare minimum - it's a character in a situation, and I know nothing about the character, I know nothing about the situation, and then I think about it for a long time, and make notes about where I think the story is going to go and so on, but I don't really make notes to do with the background or the magic system or the world.

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  • Time and death sleep side by side.

    Sleep   Sides  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Abhorsen”, p.36, Hot Key Books
  • Your father is angry with me because he thinks I almost got myself killed,' said Sabriel, with a slight grin. 'I don't understand it myself, since I think he should be glad that I didn't.

    Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.159, Hot Key Books
  • More advice. Don't go near the Old One. Do go near the Old One. Don't stay past twelve. Trust the Will. Don't trust the Will. I wish someone would tell me something straightforward for once.

    Past   Advice   Wish  
    Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #1: Mister Monday”, p.211, Scholastic Inc.
  • Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.

    Moon   Light   Tree  
    Garth Nix (2009). “Abhorsen”, p.509, Zondervan
  • 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 (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #5: Lady Friday”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.
  • Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble.

    Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #2: Grim Tuesday”, p.58, Scholastic Inc.
  • Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms behind him and his ankles together. Arthur looked up and saw the fizzing sparkling crown coming down. I’m Arthur Penhaligon, he thought desperately... The crown was wedged tightly upon his head- and Arthur fell silently screaming into darkness.

    Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #4: Sir Thursday”, p.147, Scholastic Inc.
  • It's always better to be doing.

    Mogget  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.301, Hot Key Books
  • Be careful..you're all I've got left, to remind me who I really am.

  • Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

    Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #1: Mister Monday”, p.202, Scholastic Inc.
  • 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.

    Dog   Smell   Coward  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.301, Hot Key Books
  • Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

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

    Lost   I Can   Mogget  
    Garth Nix (2014). “The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel”, p.80, Harper Collins
  • While princes do rule the empire, they have to work within certain boundaries, and they're also always in a contest with each other to become the next emperor. And this contest includes actually killing each other, doing anything they can get away with to each other.

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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?

    Heart   Years   One Day  
    "Lirael". Book by Garth Nix, 2001.
  • Touchstone watched, suddenly conscious that he probably only had five seconds left to be alone with Sabriel, to say something, to say anything. Perhaps the last five seconds they ever would have alone together. I am not afraid, he said to himself. "I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.

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

    Fear   Dark   Clouds  
  • I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.

    Love   Love You   Mind  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Sabriel”, p.185, Hot Key Books
  • VIDEO ARCHIVE- INTERVIEW 24768 . GOLD-EYE I like trees… grass… only birds in sky. People walking safe. Family No Creatures. Sleep all night safe. Walk under sun in own place. Grow plants. Build. Be father with mother. Have Children. A place like Petar told me. Home. After Change goes back… I want home.

  • 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.

    "Veronica Roth and Garth Nix: Sizing up two YA giants". Interview with Garth Nix, www.chicagotribune.com. October 8, 2014.
  • Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?

    Rude  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.249, Hot Key Books
  • Bee stings are very educational

  • Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared the Major.

    Rain   Perimeter   Majors  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Abhorsen: Book three in the internationally bestselling fantasy series”, p.125, Hot Key Books
  • Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.

    Believe   Enough   Wells  
    Garth Nix (2009). “Abhorsen”, p.23, Zondervan
  • Yet when ancient forces stir, many things are woken.

    Ancient   Force  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Abhorsen”, p.37, Hot Key Books
  • Unhand my tail!" squealed the Will.

    Tails  
    Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #2: Grim Tuesday”, p.257, Scholastic Inc.
  • 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.

    Girl   Thinking   Library  
    Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.38, Hot Key Books
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