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

Garth Nix book Abhorsen

p. 14.
Source: "I am a necromancer, but not of the common sort, while others of the art raise the dead, I lay them to rest - or try too - and those that will not rest I bind, for I am Abhorsen..."
He turned to the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel."

Baby

“Clearly the Old One had the capacity to kill - or easily deliver some sort of final ending that sounded remarkably like death.”

Garth Nix book Mister Monday

Source: Mister Monday

Death

“I suppose you could call me… Soot," said the thing. "Yes… Soot. I have breathed it, lived in it, and eaten it for so long that it is a fitting name."
"Eaten it?" asked Suzy. "Why eat soot?"
"Boredom," said Soot.”

Garth Nix book Grim Tuesday

Source: Grim Tuesday

“"What happened?" Arthur asked. He caught a glimpse of something below, but couldn't quite make out what it was. "The Nithling-"
"Missed me," called out Suzy. "Close-run thing. Bit off my right clog. I was kicking it in the teeth, so I s'pose that's fair."”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Grim Tuesday (2004), p. 177.

“"You mean he's dead too?" asked Suzy.
"Yes," said Dusk. "This morning, in his cell. The guards outside were also slain, and only Sir Thursday's boots remained."
"Sounds more like he escaped," Suzy said.
"His feet were still in the boots," said Dusk.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Lord Sunday (2010), p. 143.

Dead

“Yet when ancient forces stir, many things are woken.”

Garth Nix

Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Abhorsen (2003), p. 60.

“If you like what you are writing, just write. Try to keep going before you stop to take a break. Keep going back before too much time has passed. And just stay with it.”

Garth Nix

Interview at KidsReads (2003)

Time

“No mother, no father, no Sight.”

Garth Nix

Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (2001), p. 21.

“"Summon him forth," instructed the Will. "Let justice be meted out. There is much to do, you know, Arthur."
"You'd think we could 'ave a cup of tea and biscuit first," muttered Suzy.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 392.

Justice , Thinking , Tea

“"They could have attacked us straight away. And Fred wanted to be one, so they can't be all bad."
"I wanted to be a Nithling with three heads once, so that's no guarantee," whispered Suzy as she lay down and raised her arms and feet.
"What's more, after a washing between the ears I thought it was possible."”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Lady Friday (2007), p. 254.

“She got up, grew her legs longer to get her body out of the water and shook herself dry. Then she wandered off, following a zigzag path along the border between Life and Death, her tail wagging so hard, the tip of it beat the river into a froth behind her.”

Garth Nix

Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Abhorsen (2003), p. 395.

Life , Death , Water

“A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more.”

Garth Nix

Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Sabriel (1995), p. 46.

Books , Feeling , Dead

“Sam swallowed. The dire pronouncement echoed in his ears, imbued with the faint hint of the Free Magic power that was contained within the cat form on his shoulder. He slapped Sprout on the rump to get her going; then he said the first thing that came into his head.
"Mogget. Shut up."”

Garth Nix

Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (2001), p. 381.

Cats

“Noon sits at the Master's right hand, Dawn at his left. Dusk stands behind, in the shadows. Yet sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Mister Monday (2003), p. 241.

Light

“"Come on! You too, Will."
"If you must call me anything, you may address me as Most Excellent Testamentary Clause," said the sun bear.
"Claws?" said Suzy, as she tilted the chair to speed the bear on its way. "Orright, Claws, hop to it."
"No, no, no," protested the sun bear. "Most Excellent-"
"Claws it is," said Suzy loudly. "After you, Claws."
"I said… oh… just don't speak to me," huffed the Will as it waddled after Arthur.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Grim Tuesday (2004), p. 300.

Way , Sun , Speed

“"Thank you for splitting. I guess we'd all better get on with it."
"Indeed," said Dame Quarto.
"We had," added Dame Septum. She raised her hand and dramatically announced, "I shall attend to the Middle House!"
"And I to the mountains!" declared Dame Quarto, and both strode from the room.
"And I to… sorting our Superior Saturday," said Arthur. Somehow it didn't sound the same.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Superior Saturday (2008), p. 106.

Mountain , Housing

“Yeerch. Soap. See how much I love you?”

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Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Abhorsen (2003)

Love

“Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble…”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Grim Tuesday (2004), p. 75.

“"No!" shouted Arthur. "What's wrong with you? They're people! You can't just kill hundreds or thousands of Piper's children because the Piper might… just might… make some of them do something!"
"Can't we?" asked Dame Primus. She sounded genuinely puzzled.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Lady Friday (2007), p. 46.

Children , People

“"Am I correct in assuming that I address Lord Arthur?"
"Yes, I'm Arthur."
Emelena mumbled something that Arthur correctly thought was about expecting him to be taller, more impressive, have lightning bolts coming out of his eyes, and so on.”

Garth Nix

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Lady Friday (2007), p. 55.