I feel like I am involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won’t tell me the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Neil Gaiman
Uncertainty, Metaphor, Complexity, Life, Confusion
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“London grew into something huge and contradictory. It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and a price that all good places have to pay.” Neil Gaiman
Cities, Growth, Contradictions, Consequences, London
Neil Gaiman Cities, Growth, Contradictions, Consequences, London“There are so many places we have not yet seen. So many people still to meet.” Neil Gaiman
Exploration, Travel, Adventure, Curiosity, Possibilities
Neil Gaiman Exploration, Travel, Adventure, Curiosity, Possibilities“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.” Neil Gaiman
Atmosphere, Description, Nostalgia, Haunting, Sensory Experience
Neil Gaiman Atmosphere, Description, Nostalgia, Haunting, Sensory Experience“When you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.” Neil Gaiman
Bravery, Fear, Courage, Action, Resilience
Neil Gaiman Bravery, Fear, Courage, Action, Resilience“It’s not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It’s the most important thing there is.” Neil Gaiman
Connection, Fiction, Importance, Life, Salvation
Neil Gaiman Connection, Fiction, Importance, Life, Salvation“I very rarely want to go back and fix things, because I’m much more interested in the next thing, and in taking what I learned from the things that don’t work, and applying them to new things that may work.” Neil Gaiman
Growth, Progress, Learning, Future, Innovation
Neil Gaiman Growth, Progress, Learning, Future, Innovation“It is going to take more than just a couple of good-hearted souls to raise this child. It will take a graveyard.” Neil Gaiman
Parenting, Community, Unconventional, Upbringing, Supernatural
Neil Gaiman Parenting, Community, Unconventional, Upbringing, Supernatural“For me, closing libraries is the equivalent of eating your seed corn to save a little money.” Neil Gaiman
Libraries, Importance, Knowledge, Community, Preservation
Neil Gaiman Libraries, Importance, Knowledge, Community, Preservation“Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.” Neil Gaiman
Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth
Neil Gaiman Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth“In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before the thing goes out and gets published.” Neil Gaiman
Novel, Writing, Revision, Creativity, Publishing
Neil Gaiman Novel, Writing, Revision, Creativity, Publishing“Honesty matters. Vulnerability matters. Being open about who you were at a moment in time when you were in a difficult or an impossible place matters more than anything.” Neil Gaiman
Honesty, Vulnerability, Authenticity, Self-reflection, Connection
Neil Gaiman Honesty, Vulnerability, Authenticity, Self-reflection, Connection“A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick – a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.” Neil Gaiman
Short Story, Magic, Emotion, Brevity, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Short Story, Magic, Emotion, Brevity, Storytelling“Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.” Neil Gaiman
Adulthood, Perception, Inner Child, Maturity, Human Nature
Neil Gaiman Adulthood, Perception, Inner Child, Maturity, Human Nature“Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Vulnerability, Support, Need, Relationships
Neil Gaiman Love, Vulnerability, Support, Need, Relationships“I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.” Neil Gaiman
Short Story, Writing, Storytelling, Underrated, Literary Form
Neil Gaiman Short Story, Writing, Storytelling, Underrated, Literary Form“Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” Neil Gaiman
Mistakes, Growth, Learning, Progress, Acceptance
Neil Gaiman Mistakes, Growth, Learning, Progress, Acceptance“If you are protected from dark things then you have no protection of, knowledge of, or understanding of dark things when they show up.” Neil Gaiman
Darkness, Protection, Knowledge, Awareness, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Darkness, Protection, Knowledge, Awareness, Understanding