The boy with the dirty face stood up and hugged Coraline tightly. 'Take comfort in this,' he whispered. 'Th'art alive. Thou livest.
Neil Gaiman
Comfort, Life, Existence, Gratitude, Connection
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“Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.” Neil Gaiman
Communication, Wisdom, Discretion, Language, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Communication, Wisdom, Discretion, Language, Understanding“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“Rain in the graveyard, and the world puddled into blurred reflections.” Neil Gaiman
Rain, Graveyard, Imagery, Reflection, Atmosphere
Neil Gaiman Rain, Graveyard, Imagery, Reflection, Atmosphere“I suspect there are two kinds of novelists. Those who have a point of view and have something to say and then write a novel in order to say that thing, and those of us who write the book in order to find out what we think about that thing.” Neil Gaiman
Novelists, Writing, Perspective, Discovery, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Novelists, Writing, Perspective, Discovery, Creativity“I think I’ve got Fear down, but how do I take it all the way up to Terror?” Neil Gaiman
Fear, Terror, Emotions, Personal Growth, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Fear, Terror, Emotions, Personal Growth, Understanding“I was one of those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Childhood, Reading, Family, Nostalgia
Neil Gaiman Books, Childhood, Reading, Family, Nostalgia“It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is.” Neil Gaiman
Fairness, Acceptance, Life, Reality, Philosophy
Neil Gaiman Fairness, Acceptance, Life, Reality, Philosophy“Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured beneath the things that come later, like childhood toys forgotten at the bottom of a crammed adult closet, but they are never lost for good.” Neil Gaiman
Memories, Childhood, Nostalgia, Past, Self Discovery
Neil Gaiman Memories, Childhood, Nostalgia, Past, Self Discovery“My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.” Neil Gaiman
Genre, Marketing, Literature, Reading, Perception
Neil Gaiman Genre, Marketing, Literature, Reading, Perception“All fire burns, little baby. You’ll learn.” Neil Gaiman
Fire, Learning, Experience, Growth, Caution
Neil Gaiman Fire, Learning, Experience, Growth, Caution“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Truth, Lies, Creativity, Narrative
Neil Gaiman Stories, Truth, Lies, Creativity, Narrative“Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.” Neil Gaiman
Music, Comparison, Lifestyle, Creativity, Humor
Neil Gaiman Music, Comparison, Lifestyle, Creativity, Humor“When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Books, Organization, Pride, Reading
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Books, Organization, Pride, Reading“I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.” Neil Gaiman
Truth, Honesty, Skepticism, Knowledge, Human Nature
Neil Gaiman Truth, Honesty, Skepticism, Knowledge, Human Nature“I don't know if any single book made me want to write. C.S. Lewis was the first writer to make me aware that somebody was writing the book I was reading - these wonderful parenthetical asides to the reader.” Neil Gaiman
Writing Inspiration, Reading, CS Lewis, Awareness, Literary Style
Neil Gaiman Writing Inspiration, Reading, CS Lewis, Awareness, Literary Style“Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Connection, Relationship, Significance, Language
Neil Gaiman Writing, Connection, Relationship, Significance, Language“You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different.” Neil Gaiman
Observation, Detail, Storytelling, Perspective, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Observation, Detail, Storytelling, Perspective, Creativity