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 Nix

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

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

labour charity virtue

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

Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?

rude

Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the bells. But on to more serious matters. Could you please rescue us? Prince Sameth's personal vessel is not quite what I'm used to, and he is eager to catch me a fish before my morning nap.

naps waiting morning

Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared t... by Garth Nix

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

perimeter majors rain

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

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

mogget i-can lost

Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.

cat tears talking

Ow do you knock out a Denizen?" asked Suzy. "I tried it myself once or twice, but just hitting them never works." "It is not the force of the blow, but the authority with which it is delivered," quoth the raven.

hitting ravens blow

Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the Loundergs had attacked, Suzy was quite cheerful.

prisoner cheerful improvement

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.

toys littles laughing

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.

knowing-everything mean thinking

It is taken care of. Nothing will not break into my Pit or the Far Reaches! I cannot speak for the other parts of the House, but we have Nothing well in hand here. I understand Nothing as no one else does! - Grim Tuesday

taken tuesday hands

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel.... by Garth Nix

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

sabriel after-death mystery

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

telephones play home

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.

delay stars looks

Time and death sleep side by side. by Garth Nix

Time and death sleep side by side.

sides sleep

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

surprise baby father

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

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

army eye lows

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling... by Garth Nix

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

tears faces fall

But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you ge... by Garth Nix

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

tragedy ifs adventure

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.

voice keys long