Nobody will ever hurt her. She'll just smile her faint vague wonderful smile and walk away.
Neil Gaiman
Resilience, Strength, Independence, Protection, Character Description
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“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Escapism, Imagination, Introversion, Literature
Neil Gaiman Reading, Escapism, Imagination, Introversion, Literature“I'll find you. Don't worry. Just be on your own and I'll find you.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Connection, Trust, Destiny, Reassurance
Neil Gaiman Love, Connection, Trust, Destiny, Reassurance“I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it.” Neil Gaiman
Comedy, Happiness, Writing, Intention, Emotional Impact
Neil Gaiman Comedy, Happiness, Writing, Intention, Emotional Impact“It’s easy, there’s a trick to it, you do it or you die.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Survival, Determination, Simplicity, Challenge
Neil Gaiman Life, Survival, Determination, Simplicity, Challenge“I know not whether you came to me or I to you. Not whether it was a dream, asleep or awake. I am lost in the darkness of a downcast heart. Dream or reality. Let it be decided tonight.” Neil Gaiman
Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection“I still love the book-ness of books, the smell of books: I am a book fetishist – books to me are the coolest and sexiest and most wonderful things there are.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Reading, Passion, Sensory Experience, Literature
Neil Gaiman Books, Reading, Passion, Sensory Experience, Literature“You got a lifetime. No more. No less.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Mortality, Perspective, Limitation, Brevity
Neil Gaiman Life, Mortality, Perspective, Limitation, Brevity“Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Cynicism, Humor, Mortality, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Life, Cynicism, Humor, Mortality, Perspective“Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.” Neil Gaiman
Hearts, Strength, Dreams, Resilience, Emotions
Neil Gaiman Hearts, Strength, Dreams, Resilience, Emotions“Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now?” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Honesty, Creativity, Deception, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Writing, Honesty, Creativity, Deception, Storytelling“We owe it to each other to tell stories.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Human Connection, Culture, Obligation, Communication
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Human Connection, Culture, Obligation, Communication“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
Neil Gaiman Uncertainty, Metaphor, Complexity, Life, Confusion“The real problem with stories – if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Mortality, Endings, Narrative, Life
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Mortality, Endings, Narrative, Life“Nothing's changed. You'll go home. You'll be bored. You'll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. You're too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They don't even get your name right.” Neil Gaiman
Alienation, Misunderstanding, Intelligence, Loneliness, Identity
Neil Gaiman Alienation, Misunderstanding, Intelligence, Loneliness, Identity“When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall. And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So I'd sidle over to the door and I'd pull it open.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Imagination, Possibility, Memory, Hope
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Imagination, Possibility, Memory, Hope“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” Neil Gaiman
Fragility, Vulnerability, Emotions, Dreams, Tenderness
Neil Gaiman Fragility, Vulnerability, Emotions, Dreams, Tenderness“Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Fiction, Reality, Perception, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Life, Fiction, Reality, Perception, Storytelling