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Neil Gaiman quotes: But the path to her death, heartbeat by heartbeat, would be inevitable. But the path to her death, heartbeat by heartbeat, would be inevitable.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I want to be alive again," she said. "Not in this half-life. I want to be really alive. I want to be alive again," she said. "Not in this half-life. I want to be really alive.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Being brave didn't mean you weren't scared. Being brave meant you were scared, really scared, badly scared, and you did the right thing anyway. Being brave didn't mean you weren't scared. Being brave meant you were scared, really scared, badly scared, and you did the right thing anyway.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Where does contagion end and art begin? Where does contagion end and art begin?
Neil Gaiman quotes: For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done. For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined? Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined?
Neil Gaiman quotes: The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death. The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Living and seizing to live are imaginary solutions. Existence lies elsewhere. Living and seizing to live are imaginary solutions. Existence lies elsewhere.
Neil Gaiman quotes: People respond to the stories. They tell them themselves. The stories spread, and as people tell them, the stories change the tellers. People respond to the stories. They tell them themselves. The stories spread, and as people tell them, the stories change the tellers.
Neil Gaiman quotes: If you have nothing left to want, then you just wait. Until there's nothing left to wait for. If you have nothing left to want, then you just wait. Until there's nothing left to wait for.
Neil Gaiman quotes: If you were to try and pick him out of a group of boys, you'd be wrong. He'd be the other one. Over at the side. The one your eye If you were to try and pick him out of a group of boys, you'd be wrong. He'd be the other one. Over at the side. The one your eye slipped over.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Genre fiction, as Terry Pratchett has pointed out, is a stew. You take stuff out of the pot, you put stuff back. The stew bubbles on. Genre fiction, as Terry Pratchett has pointed out, is a stew. You take stuff out of the pot, you put stuff back. The stew bubbles on.
Neil Gaiman quotes: You lie, All-father. You lie in the way that some folk breathe. You lie, All-father. You lie in the way that some folk breathe.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside. Nobody actually looks like what they really are on the inside.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Identity can be so gelatinous sometimes. Identity can be so gelatinous sometimes.
Neil Gaiman quotes: It's easier to say true things in the dark. Spider said, "You know what doesn't make sense here?" "Everything? It's easier to say true things in the dark. Spider said, "You know what doesn't make sense here?" "Everything?
Neil Gaiman quotes: I'll swap you my dad," I said."Oh-oh," said my little sister. I'll swap you my dad," I said.
"Oh-oh," said my little sister.
Neil Gaiman quotes: And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Since the dawn of humanity, stories have allowed each of us to be many. Since the dawn of humanity, stories have allowed each of us to be many.
Neil Gaiman quotes: All the dinosaurs have gone off into the stars, leaving the world to mammals. All the dinosaurs have gone off into the stars, leaving the world to mammals.
Neil Gaiman quotes: And then he said, "Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children?" "Different woman," said Mr. Nancy. "Same deal. And then he said, "Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children?"
"Different woman," said Mr. Nancy. "Same deal.
Neil Gaiman quotes: In this sorry world, the symbol is the thing. In this sorry world, the symbol is the thing.
Neil Gaiman quotes: There were bad guys on flying manhole covers after me, and a guy with an armored crotch and a mirrored face. There were bad guys on flying manhole covers after me, and a guy with an armored crotch and a mirrored face.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography. The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.
Neil Gaiman quotes: You didn't bring us here,' Lettie said. 'We came because we wanted to. And I came to give you one last chance to go. You didn't bring us here,' Lettie said. 'We came because we wanted to. And I came to give you one last chance to go.
Neil Gaiman quotes: She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable. She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable.
Neil Gaiman quotes: When I grew up, I wanted to be a werewolf. Or a writer. But writer was definitely the number two alternative. Werewolfing was an easy number one. When I grew up, I wanted to be a werewolf. Or a writer. But writer was definitely the number two alternative. Werewolfing was an easy number one.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The ball of dark fur pressed itself into my chest, and I wished she was my kitten, and knew that she was not. The ball of dark fur pressed itself into my chest, and I wished she was my kitten, and knew that she was not.
Neil Gaiman quotes: You shine like a beacon in a dark world. You shine like a beacon in a dark world.
Neil Gaiman quotes: who could think of nothing more embarrassing than being anywhere without an invitation) he who could think of nothing more embarrassing than being anywhere without an invitation) he
Neil Gaiman quotes: There's a but, isn't there?" said Coraline. "I can feel it. Like a rain cloud. There's a but, isn't there?" said Coraline. "I can feel it. Like a rain cloud.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Whither thou goest... Whither thou goest...
Neil Gaiman quotes: But you stayed where you were meant to be, and you didn't listen to them. Well done. That's quality, that is. But you stayed where you were meant to be, and you didn't listen to them. Well done. That's quality, that is.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The boy with the dirty face stood up and hugged Coraline tightly. 'Take comfort in this,' he whispered. 'Th'art alive. Thou livest. The boy with the dirty face stood up and hugged Coraline tightly. 'Take comfort in this,' he whispered. 'Th'art alive. Thou livest.
Neil Gaiman quotes: It is going to take more than just a couple of good-hearted souls to raise this child. It will take a graveyard. It is going to take more than just a couple of good-hearted souls to raise this child. It will take a graveyard.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I squeezed my hands into fists, and I hoped as hard as I knew how I squeezed my hands into fists, and I hoped as hard as I knew how
Neil Gaiman quotes: Excuse me,' he said. 'I know this is a personal question. But are you clinically insane?''Possible, but very unlikely. Why? Excuse me,' he said. 'I know this is a personal question. But are you clinically insane?'
'Possible, but very unlikely. Why?
Neil Gaiman quotes: They could not truly look dead, because they did not ever look alive. They could not truly look dead, because they did not ever look alive.
Neil Gaiman quotes: My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness. It's quiet. My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness. It's quiet.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Yesterday, all this was snow. Always winter, and never Christmas. Yesterday, all this was snow. Always winter, and never Christmas.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings. Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Some of us have resolved to escape into drunkenness before the sleep takes us. Some of us have resolved to escape into drunkenness before the sleep takes us.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties. The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties.
Neil Gaiman quotes: A click: the sound of a switchblade opening, empty, lonely and dark. A click: the sound of a switchblade opening, empty, lonely and dark.
Neil Gaiman quotes: In May I received an anonymous Mother's Day card. This puzzled me. I would have noticed if I had ever had children, surely? In May I received an anonymous Mother's Day card. This puzzled me. I would have noticed if I had ever had children, surely?
Neil Gaiman quotes: I'm intrigued with figuring out the places [where] the horrible and the beautiful meet - that aesthetic fascinates me. I'm intrigued with figuring out the places [where] the horrible and the beautiful meet - that aesthetic fascinates me.
Neil Gaiman quotes: There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life. These are wine, women and song. There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life. These are wine, women and song.
Neil Gaiman quotes: People can get involved in wonderfully creative ways that have nothing to do with you, but spark off things you begin with. People can get involved in wonderfully creative ways that have nothing to do with you, but spark off things you begin with.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination. I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.
Neil Gaiman quotes: There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made by people who had not tested the bounds of the possible by going beyond them. The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made by people who had not tested the bounds of the possible by going beyond them.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Like the newspapers used to say, if the truth isn't big enough, you print the legend. Like the newspapers used to say, if the truth isn't big enough, you print the legend.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I never saw his wife, not then, nor at any other time. I do not know what color her hair was. I never saw his wife, not then, nor at any other time. I do not know what color her hair was.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Motto: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON. Motto: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Most people do not notice other people. Most people do not notice other people.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I take it this is some obscure West Indian usage of the word 'similar' which means 'nothing at all alike'? I take it this is some obscure West Indian usage of the word 'similar' which means 'nothing at all alike'?
Neil Gaiman quotes: Shadow looked down at the girl on the table. "What happened to her?" he asked. "Poor taste in boyfriends," said Jacquel. "It's not always fatal. Shadow looked down at the girl on the table. "What happened to her?" he asked. "Poor taste in boyfriends," said Jacquel. "It's not always fatal.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The bonds of family bind us up, support us, help us. And they are also a bond from which it is difficult, perhaps impossible to extricate oneself. The bonds of family bind us up, support us, help us. And they are also a bond from which it is difficult, perhaps impossible to extricate oneself.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Every hour wounds. The last one kills. Every hour wounds. The last one kills.
Neil Gaiman quotes: It is as natural to die as it is to be born. It is as natural to die as it is to be born.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Most of the things that "everybody knows" are wrong. The rest are merely unreliable. Batman Most of the things that "everybody knows" are wrong. The rest are merely unreliable.
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Neil Gaiman quotes: not Rom. They're Russian. Slavs, I believe." "But she does fortune-telling. not Rom. They're Russian. Slavs, I believe." "But she does fortune-telling.
Neil Gaiman quotes: What my business partner says is, if the Lord gives you a talent or a skill, you have the obligation to use it as best as you can. Don't you What my business partner says is, if the Lord gives you a talent or a skill, you have the obligation to use it as best as you can. Don't you agree?
Neil Gaiman quotes: Learning how to be strong, to feel her own emotions and not another's, had been hard; but once you learned the trick of it, you did not forget. Learning how to be strong, to feel her own emotions and not another's, had been hard; but once you learned the trick of it, you did not forget.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Before that no one thought of us as colored-foreign maybe, exotic and dark, but not colored. Before that no one thought of us as colored-foreign maybe, exotic and dark, but not colored.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The dread had not left my soul. The dread had not left my soul.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I'm not happy about any of this," said Thor. "I'm going to kill somebody soon, just to relieve the tension. You'll see. I'm not happy about any of this," said Thor. "I'm going to kill somebody soon, just to relieve the tension. You'll see.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point. Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point.
Neil Gaiman quotes: There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply. There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply.
Neil Gaiman quotes: You never forget. It must be somewhere inside you. Even if the brain has forgotten, perhaps the teeth remember. Or the fingers. You never forget. It must be somewhere inside you. Even if the brain has forgotten, perhaps the teeth remember. Or the fingers.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I like things to be story-shaped. I like things to be story-shaped.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Trolls can smell the rainbow, trolls can smell the stars. Trolls can smell the dreams you dreamed before you were ever born. Trolls can smell the rainbow, trolls can smell the stars. Trolls can smell the dreams you dreamed before you were ever born.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I was not so old that I would deny my own senses. I was not so old that I would deny my own senses.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself. Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I will not be my father's dog. I will not be my father's dog.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them. The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human. Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human.
Neil Gaiman quotes: One thing I've learned: you can know anything, it's all there, you just have to find it. One thing I've learned: you can know anything, it's all there, you just have to find it.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Watch where you put your words. Watch where you put your words.
Neil Gaiman quotes: It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us," said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you. It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us," said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge. I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The Macabray, the dance of the living and the dead, the dance with Death. The Macabray, the dance of the living and the dead, the dance with Death.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Bod was obedient but curious. Bod was obedient but curious.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all. Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Many good people read the manuscript and offered valuable suggestions, corrections, encouragement, and information. Many good people read the manuscript and offered valuable suggestions, corrections, encouragement, and information.
Neil Gaiman quotes: This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power. This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power.
Neil Gaiman quotes: You look divine." "How the hell else should I look? You look divine." "How the hell else should I look?
Neil Gaiman quotes: Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies. Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.
Neil Gaiman quotes: It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go. It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Agnes was the worst prophet that's ever existed. Because she was always right. That's why the book never sold. Agnes was the worst prophet that's ever existed. Because she was always right. That's why the book never sold.
Neil Gaiman quotes: The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before. The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I loved the sound of words, even if I was not entirely certain what all of them meant I loved the sound of words, even if I was not entirely certain what all of them meant
Neil Gaiman quotes: So many things to see, people to do. So many things to see, people to do.
Neil Gaiman quotes: A man who knows that time and the train wait for no man. A man who knows that time and the train wait for no man.
Neil Gaiman quotes: I'm a mother," said her mother, in her foodless flat where the dust did not dare to settle, "and I know what I know. I'm a mother," said her mother, in her foodless flat where the dust did not dare to settle, "and I know what I know.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Never mind. There. For good or bad. It's done. Never mind. There. For good or bad. It's done.
Neil Gaiman quotes: For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar. For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.
Neil Gaiman quotes: It's all about the dominant fucking paradigm, Shadow. It's all about the dominant fucking paradigm, Shadow.
Neil Gaiman quotes: Will eventually grow up and get a real job. Until then, will keep making things up and writing them down. Will eventually grow up and get a real job. Until then, will keep making things up and writing them down.
Neil Gaiman quotes: He was numb: heart-numb, mind-numb, soul-numb. And the numbness, he realized, went a long way down, and a long way back. He was numb: heart-numb, mind-numb, soul-numb. And the numbness, he realized, went a long way down, and a long way back.

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