Garth Nix Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Bravery is about overcoming fear, not about not having it. There's plenty I'm afraid of. Just not vampires.''We fear the unknown, ' she said. 'You must know a lot about vampires.

Our parts now -- which perforce we must play -- are not father and daughter, but one old Abhorsen, making way for the new. But behind this, there is always my love.

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

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.

A breath?" she asked. She didn't want to kiss just any wooden man. He looked nice enough, but he might not be like his looks. A kiss seemed very forward. He might remember it, and make assumptions.