The real problem with stories – if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.
Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Mortality, Endings, Narrative, Life
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“There is no end. It is simply the end of the old times, Loki, and the beginning of the new times. Rebirth always follows death.” Neil Gaiman
Rebirth, Endings, Mythology, Transformation, Cycles
Neil Gaiman Rebirth, Endings, Mythology, Transformation, Cycles“Often you will discover that the harder you work, and the more wisely you work, the luckier you get. But there is luck, and it helps.” Neil Gaiman
Hard Work, Luck, Success, Effort, Fortune
Neil Gaiman Hard Work, Luck, Success, Effort, Fortune“Real life doesn’t have to be convincing, but fiction does.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Reality, Storytelling, Authenticity, Narrative
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Reality, Storytelling, Authenticity, Narrative“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.” Neil Gaiman
Kindness, Danger, Reality, Advice, Caution
Neil Gaiman Kindness, Danger, Reality, Advice, Caution“The best way to show people true things is from a direction that they had not imagined the truth coming.” Neil Gaiman
Truth, Perception, Perspectives, Revelation, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Truth, Perception, Perspectives, Revelation, Storytelling“Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Creativity, Rituals, Environment, Inspiration
Neil Gaiman Writing, Creativity, Rituals, Environment, Inspiration“I hope the strong women out there aren’t quiet and they don’t go away, because when people attack you for speaking, the best way to drive them nuts is to smile and carry on speaking, louder, more wisely, more intensely, more articulately than ever.” Neil Gaiman
Empowerment, Women, Resilience, Voice, Activism
Neil Gaiman Empowerment, Women, Resilience, Voice, Activism“I wonder if I shall ever see her again, and I realize that I scarcely care. I can feel the sheets beneath me, and the cold air on my chest. I feel fine. I feel absolutely fine. I feel nothing at all.” Neil Gaiman
Indifference, Loss, Feelings, Acceptance, Existential Reflection
Neil Gaiman Indifference, Loss, Feelings, Acceptance, Existential Reflection“For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Desire, Cruelty, Reality, Relationships
Neil Gaiman Love, Desire, Cruelty, Reality, Relationships“In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Vulnerability, Family, Danger, Growing Up
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Vulnerability, Family, Danger, Growing Up“In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists, and so forth, implicitly.” Neil Gaiman
Trust, Contracts, Publishing, Experience, Skepticism
Neil Gaiman Trust, Contracts, Publishing, Experience, Skepticism“Let’s start a new tomorrow, today.” Neil Gaiman
Fresh Start, Optimism, Renewal, Motivation, Possibility
Neil Gaiman Fresh Start, Optimism, Renewal, Motivation, Possibility“It's a given that we exist in a world where we have to live in continuity every day; no one is immune to that, in life or romance novels. By the same token, it's not something I find terribly important.” Neil Gaiman
Continuity, Life, Romance, Daily Routine, Priorities
Neil Gaiman Continuity, Life, Romance, Daily Routine, Priorities“There are so many places we have not yet seen. So many people still to meet.” Neil Gaiman
Exploration, Travel, Adventure, Curiosity, Possibilities
Neil Gaiman Exploration, Travel, Adventure, Curiosity, Possibilities“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“Tools, of course, can be the subtlest of traps.” Neil Gaiman
Tools, Complexity, Metaphor, Technology, Risk
Neil Gaiman Tools, Complexity, Metaphor, Technology, Risk“If you do not value libraries then you do not value information or culture or wisdom. You are silencing the voices of the past and you are damaging the future.” Neil Gaiman
Libraries, Knowledge, Culture, Wisdom, Education
Neil Gaiman Libraries, Knowledge, Culture, Wisdom, Education“Sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across worlds. They are the ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a fragile thing, after all.” Neil Gaiman
Change, Reality, Echoes, Storms, Fragility
Neil Gaiman Change, Reality, Echoes, Storms, Fragility