I 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 GAIMANIn a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you’ll never see again.
More Neil Gaiman Quotes
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Oh, monsters are scared,” said Lettie.” That’s why they’re monsters.
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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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Everybody 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.
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Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.
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I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled.
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We often confuse what we wish for with what is.
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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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People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.
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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, you’re doing something.
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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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You can’t trust other people. If it’s important, you have to do it yourself.
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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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To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.
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A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
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I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.
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