She says nothing at all but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.
NEIL GAIMANShe says nothing at all but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.
NEIL GAIMANYou have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.
NEIL GAIMANSometimes we can choose the paths we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all.
NEIL GAIMANI went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.
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 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 GAIMANBecause,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.
NEIL GAIMANBooks were safer than other people anyway.
NEIL GAIMANTo 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.
NEIL GAIMANYou have a good heart. Sometimes that’s enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it’s not.
NEIL GAIMANA philosopher once asked, “Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?” Pointless, really…”Do the stars gaze back?” Now, that’s a question.
NEIL GAIMANLibraries are our friends.
NEIL GAIMANTomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.
NEIL GAIMANI think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.
NEIL GAIMANFairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
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 GAIMAN