Garth Nix Quotes

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Garth Nix is an Australian author renowned for his fantasy novels. Born in July 1963, he has been active in the literary world since the 1980s. Nix's works are celebrated for their rich imagination, complex narrative structures, and profound themes.

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“If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?”

Ifs Action Moral Taken Cost Benefits Majority Minorities Expenses Moral Action

Author:Garth Nix

“There is always a choice, even if the alternatives don't appear to be equal.”

Ifs Choices Equal Alternatives

Author:Garth Nix

“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 have and make. If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end.”

Ifs Ends Running Water Walks Fire Failing Rivers Thee Lakes

Book:Lirael

Source: Lirael

“Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.”

Ifs Beggar Begging

Book:Lirael

Source: Lirael

“Maybe if I act well enough, I'll come to believe it myself.”

Ifs Believe Wells Enough

Book:Abhorsen

Source: Abhorsen

“As for you, Private, if you mention a word of this to anyone, I'll feed you to the cat thing here. Understand?" "Yum," said Mogget. "Yes, sir!" mumbled the telephone operator, his hands shaking as he tried to smother the burning wreckage of his switchboard with a fire blanket.”

Ifs Said Hands Fire Cat Burning Telephones Shaking Blanket Operators Wreckage Mogget

Author:Garth Nix

“If only Sam could have stayed just like the Dog, she thought. A comforting friend without the complication of romantic interest.There had to be something she could do to completely discourage him, short of throwing up, or making herself totally unattractive. "I'm thirty-five," she said at last.”

Ifs Said Lasts Interest Five Dog Thirty Throwing Comforting Discouraging Complication Unattractive Throwing Up

Author:Garth Nix

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

Ifs Adventure Tragedy Survived

Book:The Keys to the Kingdom #3: Drowned Wednesday

Source: The Keys to the Kingdom #3: Drowned Wednesday

“Sam picked up his pack, but before he could put it on, Mogget leaped onto it and slid under the top flap. All that could be seen of him were his green eyes and one white-furred ear. "Remember I advised against this way," he instructed. "Wake me when whatever terrible thing is a about to happen happens, or if it appears I might get wet.”

Ifs Way Might Happens Eye Remember White Terrible Ears Green Wet Packs Terrible Things Green Eyes Mogget

Author:Garth Nix

“So I'll do that, and I'll do my best and if my best isn't good enough, at least I will have done everything I could, everything that is in me. I don't have to try to be someone else, someone I could never be.”

Ifs Trying Done Enough Good Enough

Book:Abhorsen

Source: Abhorsen

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

Ifs Known Cost Bravery

Book:Abhorsen

Source: Abhorsen

About the Author

Born: July 19, 1963
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 105

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