# Quote — Garth Nix, Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr

> "I am the Disreputable Dog. Or Disreputable Bitch, if you want to get technical. When are we going for a walk?"

- Author: [Garth Nix](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garth-nix.md)
- Book: [Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garth-nix/lirael-daughter-of-the-clayr.md)
- Page: 115
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Garth_Nix#Lirael:_Daughter_of_the_Clayr_(2001)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/garth-nix/lirael-daughter-of-the-clayr/i-am-the

## More from this book

> "Choosers will be beggars if the begging’s not their choosing," said the Dog.

p. 398 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garth-nix/lirael-daughter-of-the-clayr/choosers-will-be-beggars.md)

> I’ll sing you a song of the long ago -
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> Seven shine the shiners, oh!
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> What did the Seven do way back when?
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> Why, they wove the Charter then!
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> Five for the warp, from beginning to end.
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> Two for the woof, to make and mend.
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> That’s the Seven, but what of the Nine-
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> What of the two who chose not to shine?
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> The Eighth did hide, hide all away,
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> But the Seven caught him and made him pay.
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> The Ninth was strong and fought with might,
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> But lone Orannis was put out of the light,
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> Broken in two and buried under hill,
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> Forever to lie there, wishing us ill.

p. 525 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garth-nix/lirael-daughter-of-the-clayr/ill-sing-you.md)

> "No mother, no father, no Sight."

p. 21 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garth-nix/lirael-daughter-of-the-clayr/no-mother-no-father.md)