I have a lot of friends who served in the regular army for a long time. Quite a few of my friends from that time went on to become full-time soldiers. But you live in a world that is entirely army. Your whole world is pretty much that military service, and it's very hard to do other things and to break out of that environment.
Garth NixFish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.
Garth NixVIDEO ARCHIVE- INTERVIEW 24768 . GOLD-EYE I like treesโฆ grassโฆ only birds in sky. People walking safe. Family No Creatures. Sleep all night safe. Walk under sun in own place. Grow plants. Build. Be father with mother. Have Children. A place like Petar told me. Home. After Change goes backโฆ I want home.
Garth NixFor all my longer works (i.e. the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on.
Garth NixI 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.
Garth NixWhy, Yrael?โ it said, as the last of the dark gave way to silver, and the shining sphere of metal sank slowly to the ground. โWhy?โ โLife,โ said Yrael, who was more Mogget than it ever knew. โFish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.
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