What do stars do? They shine.
NEIL GAIMANWhat do stars do? They shine.
NEIL GAIMANPeople think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.
NEIL GAIMANA book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
NEIL GAIMANIf you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.
NEIL GAIMANLibraries are our friends.
NEIL GAIMANI mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don’t want to be sane.
NEIL GAIMANI am selfish, private, and easily bored. Will this be a problem?
NEIL GAIMANBecause,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.
NEIL GAIMANI’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.
NEIL GAIMANWhat I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.
NEIL GAIMANI don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn’t mean anything? What then?
NEIL GAIMANHe had noticed that events were cowards: they didn’t occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.
NEIL GAIMANLove takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like ‘maybe we should be just friends’ turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination.
NEIL GAIMANOh, monsters are scared,” said Lettie.” That’s why they’re monsters.
NEIL GAIMANEverybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody – no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside.
NEIL GAIMANMost books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.
NEIL GAIMAN