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Books were safer than other people anyway.

Neil Gaiman

And did I pass?” The face of the old woman on my right was unreadable in the gathering dusk. On my left, the younger woman said, “You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.
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Failure Person Philosophy Right Woman
The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.
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Philosophy See Sky World
Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s true of everybody.
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People Philosophy Reality True Yourself
I would like to see anyone, prophet, king, or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.
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God Myself Time
Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.
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Deep Goodness Lying Story True
You get what anybody gets – you get a lifetime.
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Inspirational Life One Liner Yourself
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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Home Spiritual
I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.
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Life Myself Teaching Worth
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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Dream Endurance Forget True
Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.
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Bravery Herself Scare Yourself
I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.
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Believe Communication Deep Myself Problem
You have a good heart. Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it’s not.
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Enough Goodness Heart Safety Yourself
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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Adventure Freedom. Pain Place
People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.
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Forget Impossible People Safety World
I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.
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Carry Deep Hell Myself Philosophy Thinking
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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Children Fantasy Myself Mystery Story

Books were safer than other people anyway.

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