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Abhorsen

Abhorsen
Garth Nix

Abhorsen is a fantasy novel by Australian writer Garth Nix, first published in 2003. It is the third book in the Old Kingdom series .

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“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”

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Quoted various times by different characters in all three books.
Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy)
Source: Sabriel

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“When the Dead do walk, seek water’s run,
For this the Dead will always shun.
Swift river’s best or broadest lake
To ward the Dead and haven make.
If water fails thee, fire’s thy friend;
If neither guards, it will be thy end.”

Garth Nix book Abhorsen

Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (2001), pp. 359-360.

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

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Source: Sabriel

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

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Source: Lirael

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“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.”

Garth Nix book Abhorsen

Source: Lirael

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“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.”

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Source: Lirael