It’s like the people who believe they’ll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn’t work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.
NEIL GAIMANWords save our lives, sometimes.
More Neil Gaiman Quotes
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We often confuse what we wish for with what is.
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That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.
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Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it’s much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!
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Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.
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I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.
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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.
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You don’t get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd.
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What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?
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Sometimes we can choose the paths we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all.
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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful.
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What 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.
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Even nothing can last forever.
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Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.
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Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
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I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don’t want to be sane.
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