Quotes from Garth Nix

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

You know we do not make such judgments, said Shushu. Business is business. We do not question whether our customers are 'good' or 'evil.' Once we did, said the older witch. When the Bill of Rights-

Sabriel sentiu o turbilhão familiar de energia e a sensação de cair numa galáxia infindável de estrelas. Mas, aqui, as estrelas eram os símbolos da Carta, ligados numa dança sem princípio nem fim, mas que continha e descrevia o mundo no seu movimento. Sabriel conhecia apenas uma pequena fração dos símbolos, mas sabia o que dançavam e sentiu a pureza da Carta a banhá-la.

What's your name? she asked. Street rat, scum girl, you good-for-nought, said the child bitterly. What is it really? asked Anya. ... Why you giving us this? she asked. Because ... because I want to make even a little difference, said Anya quietly. Maybe later I can make a big difference.

No where, said Merlin quietly, Somewhere. An in-between place.

But the Dog was gone forever. Lirael

When the cat finished, she looked up at the red-washed sky above and the glittering stars beyond the Wall and a single tear ran down her cheek, leaving a trail of silver, caught by the last moments of evening light.

I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed

Our parts now, which perforce we must play - are not father and daughter, but old Abhorsen, making way for the new.

He fixed things with talk far more often than with force. But what people remembered and talked about was always the action.

But if you treat it courteously, brush it from time to time, and don't mess it up with mud or spill coffee on it, it should be fine.

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

I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.

A light that filled the pit not with the scent of burning sesame oil but with the rich, wet smell of a great river that could only be the Nile.

How come it's all right for the bad guys to do whatever they want, and whenever I want to do something it's 'forget about it'?

I don't have a lot of valuables on me at the moment though... and I need the ones I have for my Quest. Could you perhaps agree to rob me later? - Anya

How could anyone even start to put it all back together?' 'You start small,' said Dehlia. The raven had a very particular stare. Her single eye, bright with moonshine, was focused on Anya in a very alarming way. 'With a Quest to save one of those small kingdoms, and set it to rights, and have its ruler swear to uphold the bill. Then you go on from there.

Will you turn me back to myself, please, Frogkisser?

What's this?' 'A silk scarf, milady!' exclamed Valannie. 'To cover your head.' 'I have hair for that,' replied Clariel.

You thought that we limit the choices of our students?' asked Ader. 'We do not, but it is a sad fact that the great majority limit themselves.

Obey me!' bellowed the young woman.

but his cauliflower ears and broken nose made him look like a slightly demented pug.

I could go into Death?' asked Clariel. 'Anyone can go into Death,' said Mogget, with a smirk. 'Coming back again is the difficult part.

I would if I could …I think… but I can't …she. ..I… have made sure of that