The future had suddenly become unknowable: anything could happen: the train of my life had jumped the rails and headed off across the fields and coming down the lane with me, then.
Neil Gaiman
Uncertainty, Future, Unpredictability, Change, Life
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“That’s the trouble with living things. Don’t last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.” Neil Gaiman
Impermanence, Memories, Nostalgia, Life, Change
Neil Gaiman Impermanence, Memories, Nostalgia, Life, Change“Words can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear; grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.” Neil Gaiman
Words, Complexity, Wisdom, Choices, Morality
Neil Gaiman Words, Complexity, Wisdom, Choices, Morality“You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman.” Neil Gaiman
Heroism, Reward, Identity, Purpose, Responsibility
Neil Gaiman Heroism, Reward, Identity, Purpose, Responsibility“Some skills can be attained by education, and some by practice, and some by time. Those skills will come if you study. Soon enough you will master Fading and Sliding and Dreamwalking. But some skills cannot be mastered by the living, and for those you must wait a little longer.” Neil Gaiman
Skills, Education, Mastery, Patience, Life Lessons
Neil Gaiman Skills, Education, Mastery, Patience, Life Lessons“Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.” Neil Gaiman
Adulthood, Emotion, Vulnerability, Comfort, Loss
Neil Gaiman Adulthood, Emotion, Vulnerability, Comfort, Loss“A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams and a world in which there is hope.” Neil Gaiman
Monsters, Angels, Hope, Dreams, Fantasy
Neil Gaiman Monsters, Angels, Hope, Dreams, Fantasy“I love making things. I love building things. I love the idea that something’s in the world that wasn’t there before.” Neil Gaiman
Creation, Passion, Building, Imagination, Innovation
Neil Gaiman Creation, Passion, Building, Imagination, Innovation“While clothes do not, as the saying would sometimes have it, make the man, and fine feathers do not make fine birds, sometimes they can add a certain spice to a recipe.” Neil Gaiman
Clothes, Identity, Perception, Appearance, Expression
Neil Gaiman Clothes, Identity, Perception, Appearance, Expression“It's not hard to own something. Or everything. You just have to know that it's yours, and then be willing to let it go.” Neil Gaiman
Ownership, Possession, Letting Go, Attachment, Mindset
Neil Gaiman Ownership, Possession, Letting Go, Attachment, Mindset“If not for Death, they’d be content to simply exist, but with Death, well, their lives will have meaning – a boundary beyond which the living cannot cross.” Neil Gaiman
Death, Meaning, Existence, Boundaries, Life
Neil Gaiman Death, Meaning, Existence, Boundaries, Life“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Struggle, Creativity, Challenge, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Writing, Struggle, Creativity, Challenge, Introspection“You can’t trust other people. If it’s important, you have to do it yourself.” Neil Gaiman
Trust, Independence, Self-reliance, Responsibility, Skepticism
Neil Gaiman Trust, Independence, Self-reliance, Responsibility, Skepticism“We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.” Neil Gaiman
Knowledge, Awareness, Human Nature, Denial, Truth
Neil Gaiman Knowledge, Awareness, Human Nature, Denial, Truth“A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Character Development, Growth, Narrative, Meaning
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Character Development, Growth, Narrative, Meaning“Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Truth, Storytelling, Writing, Paradox
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Truth, Storytelling, Writing, Paradox“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“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.” Neil Gaiman
Truth, Storytelling, Imagination, Reality, Legacy
Neil Gaiman Truth, Storytelling, Imagination, Reality, Legacy“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