If you can't be happy where you are, you can't be happy anywhere.
Neil Gaiman
Happiness, Perspective, Contentment, Location, Self-awareness
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“The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.” Neil Gaiman
Perception, Wonder, Nature, Beauty, Simplicity
Neil Gaiman Perception, Wonder, Nature, Beauty, Simplicity“You people always hold onto old identities, old faces and masks, long after they’ve served their purpose. But you’ve got to learn to throw things away eventually.” Neil Gaiman
Identity, Change, Growth, Acceptance, Letting Go
Neil Gaiman Identity, Change, Growth, Acceptance, Letting Go“I believe that mankind’s destiny lies in the stars.” Neil Gaiman
Destiny, Stars, Exploration, Humanity, Cosmic Journey
Neil Gaiman Destiny, Stars, Exploration, Humanity, Cosmic Journey“Don’t start anything you’re not prepared to finish.” Neil Gaiman
Commitment, Completion, Effort, Determination, Follow-through
Neil Gaiman Commitment, Completion, Effort, Determination, Follow-through“The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words both sweet and sour with the same tongue.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste
Neil Gaiman Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste“In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be a lie. It is the most basic building brick of everything.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Truth, Reality, Dreams, Creation
Neil Gaiman Language, Truth, Reality, Dreams, Creation“You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never thought about, and you find out what you think as you answer.” Neil Gaiman
Interview, Self-discovery, Reflection, Communication, Spontaneity
Neil Gaiman Interview, Self-discovery, Reflection, Communication, Spontaneity“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“Any view of things that is not strange is false.” Neil Gaiman
Perspective, Truth, Reality, Uniqueness, Perception
Neil Gaiman Perspective, Truth, Reality, Uniqueness, Perception“Things blossom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.” Neil Gaiman
Growth, Time, Natural Cycles, Beauty, Patience
Neil Gaiman Growth, Time, Natural Cycles, Beauty, Patience“I love the auditioning process. I love working with the technical guys. I absolutely love the editing room. That was completely fascinating to me, working with an editor in crafting the thing into something you had in your head.” Neil Gaiman
Auditioning, Creativity, Collaboration, Editing, Filmmaking
Neil Gaiman Auditioning, Creativity, Collaboration, Editing, Filmmaking“I'm going to go home. Everything is going to be normal again. Boring again. Wonderful again.” Neil Gaiman
Normality, Home, Routine, Comfortzone, Familiarity
Neil Gaiman Normality, Home, Routine, Comfortzone, Familiarity“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.” Neil Gaiman
Gods, Mortality, Ideas, Existence, Remembrance
Neil Gaiman Gods, Mortality, Ideas, Existence, Remembrance“That’s sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they’re a girl.” Neil Gaiman
Sexism, Stereotypes, Gifts, Gender Roles, Equality
Neil Gaiman Sexism, Stereotypes, Gifts, Gender Roles, Equality“You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.” Neil Gaiman
Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism
Neil Gaiman Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.” Neil Gaiman
Joy, Nostalgia, Childhood, Pleasure, Resilience
Neil Gaiman Joy, Nostalgia, Childhood, Pleasure, Resilience“I enjoy writing scripts. I can find out what happens. With an outline, I feel like I’m doing an architectural diagram of something.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Scripts, Outlines, Creativity, Structure
Neil Gaiman Writing, Scripts, Outlines, Creativity, Structure“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams.” Neil Gaiman
Short Stories, Exploration, Imagination, Perspective, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Short Stories, Exploration, Imagination, Perspective, Creativity