Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.
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.
More Neil Gaiman Quotes
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That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.
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Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgot.
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Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.
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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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Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.
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The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.
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What do stars do? They shine.
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You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.
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Love 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.
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Adventures are all very well in their place, but there’s a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.
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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.
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I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.
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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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People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.
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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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