I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.
Neil Gaiman
Stories, Books, Escape, Comfort, Imagination
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“I think I'll dismember the world and then I'll dance in the wreckage.” Neil Gaiman
Destruction, Chaos, Darkness, Rebellion, Nihilism
Neil Gaiman Destruction, Chaos, Darkness, Rebellion, Nihilism“I think most things are pretty magical, and that it’s less a matter of belief than it is one of just stopping to notice.” Neil Gaiman
Magic, Perception, Belief, Mindfulness, Wonder
Neil Gaiman Magic, Perception, Belief, Mindfulness, Wonder“A ghost-memory rises, here: a phantom moment, a shaky reflection in the pool of remembrance. I know how it felt when the scavengers took my heart. How it felt as the hunger birds, all mouth, tore into my chest and snatched out my heart, still pumping, and devoured it to get at what was hidden inside it. I know how that feels, as if it was truly a part of my life, of my death. And then the memory snips and rips, neatly, and -.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Emotion, Loss, Reflection, Experience
Neil Gaiman Memory, Emotion, Loss, Reflection, Experience“Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.” Neil Gaiman
Trust, Dreams, Heart, Storytelling, Intuition
Neil Gaiman Trust, Dreams, Heart, Storytelling, Intuition“You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.” Neil Gaiman
Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration
Neil Gaiman Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration“Different people remember things differently, and you’ll not get any two people to remember anything the same, whether they were there or not.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Perception, Individuality, Experiences, Subjectivity
Neil Gaiman Memory, Perception, Individuality, Experiences, Subjectivity“Erwachsene halten sich auf Wegen. Kinder gehen auf Kundschaft.” Neil Gaiman
Adults, Children, Perspective, Cultural Contrast, Identity
Neil Gaiman Adults, Children, Perspective, Cultural Contrast, Identity“When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Passion, Curiosity, Youth, Knowledge
Neil Gaiman Reading, Passion, Curiosity, Youth, Knowledge“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.” Neil Gaiman
Witchcraft, Gender, Stereotypes, Cultural Critique, Empowerment
Neil Gaiman Witchcraft, Gender, Stereotypes, Cultural Critique, Empowerment“There are lots of artists in the world. But there’s only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is you. If you decide not to make things, all you’ve done is deprive the world of all the stuff that only you could have brought to it.” Neil Gaiman
Uniqueness, Creativity, Self-expression, Individuality, Contribution
Neil Gaiman Uniqueness, Creativity, Self-expression, Individuality, Contribution“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference
Neil Gaiman Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference“But standing in that hallway, it was all coming back to me. Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Nostalgia, Recall, Reflection, Past
Neil Gaiman Memory, Nostalgia, Recall, Reflection, Past“Anyone who calls you "little lady" has already excluded you from the set of people worth listening to.” Neil Gaiman
Respect, Gender, Discrimination, Wisdom, Advice
Neil Gaiman Respect, Gender, Discrimination, Wisdom, Advice“Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading – do not discourage children from reading because you feel they’re reading the wrong thing. There is no such thing as the wrong thing to be reading and no bad fiction for kids.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Children, Literature, Encouragement, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Reading, Children, Literature, Encouragement, Imagination“Hey, that’s life, flick it off if you can’t take a joke.” Neil Gaiman
Humor, Life, Resilience, Acceptance, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Humor, Life, Resilience, Acceptance, Perspective“Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.” Neil Gaiman
Creativity, Individuality, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Potential
Neil Gaiman Creativity, Individuality, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Potential“Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the tale we stop before we die, or we die vicariously and unharmed, and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book, and we resume our lives.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Empathy, Imagination, Perspective, Reading
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Empathy, Imagination, Perspective, Reading“There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.” Neil Gaiman
Comedy, Storytelling, Freedom, Creativity, Cultural Narratives
Neil Gaiman Comedy, Storytelling, Freedom, Creativity, Cultural Narratives