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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.

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Garth Nix
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Garth Richard Nix
Time
Dies
Everyone
Cannot
Ninth
Truth
Gate
Look
Delay
Everything
Gates
Looks
Denied
Would
Stars

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I love you, he whispered. I hope you don't mind.
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A hundred hundred heartbeats... whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.
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May I say that I approve of a piece that tries to remake the entire puzzle?
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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.
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People often presume I'm from whatever country they're from. So Americans presume I'm American and the British presume I'm British. And they're surprised to discover I actually am Australian. And actually some Australians are surprised too.
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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.
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Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.
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So are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack?
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There is always a choice, even if the alternatives don't appear to be equal.
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Five Great Charters knit the land Together linked, hand in hand One in the people who wear the crown Two in the folk who keep the Dead down Three and Five became stone and mortar Four sees all in frozen water.
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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.
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I certainly have had experiences of a sense of wonder at the world and a feeling that even though it could all be explained rationally, it still feels that there is more to it.
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Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.
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There were also very special or dangerous items that had to be fetched in person, or even by large parties of armed librarians.
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It's always better to be doing.
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Your father is angry with me because he thinks I almost got myself killed,' said Sabriel, with a slight grin. 'I don't understand it myself, since I think he should be glad that I didn't.
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Fine! muttered Mogget. Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river.
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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.
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