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The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.

Perception, Wonder, Nature, Beauty, Simplicity

The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had

The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had

The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had

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Narrative | Research | Comfort Zone | Social Dynamics | Wishes | Inner Child | Paradox | Social Media | Leadership | Myths | Artistry | Chaos Theory | Advice | Dinosaurs | Unconventional | Stereotypes | Pragmatism | Permanence | Contracts | Simplicity | More

More Neil Gaiman Quotes

“There’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”

War, Morality, Conflict, Belief, Danger

“Nobody gets through life without losing a few things on the way.”

Loss, Life, Experience, Journey, Inevitability

“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.”

Change, Reality, Echoes, Storms, Fragility

“You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.”

Grief, Loss, Life, Moving On, Mourning

“I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.”

Myths, Storytelling, Childhood, Narratives, Imagination

“Look... it's not that easy. Let me tell you what you get. You get life, and breath, a world to walk and a path through the world – and the free will to wander the world as you choose.”

Life, Choice, Freedom, Existence, Possibilities

“A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.”

Writing, Genres, Creativity, Versatility, Storytelling

“I love making things. I love building things. I love the idea that something’s in the world that wasn’t there before.”

Creation, Passion, Building, Imagination, Innovation

“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.”

Indifference, Loss, Feelings, Acceptance, Existential Reflection

“I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you've done something.”

Mistakes, Growth, Learning, Risk Taking, Personal Development

“All fire burns, little baby. You’ll learn.”

Fire, Learning, Experience, Growth, Caution

“When things go wrong, this is what you should do. Make good art.”

Resilience, Creativity, Art, Adversity, Self Expression

“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.”

Truth, Perception, Innocence, Foolishness, Critique

“It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.”

Civilization, Society, Human Nature, Fragility, Social Order

“Behind the curtain’s mystic fold The glowing future lies unrolled.”

Mystery, Future, Hope, Potential, Imagination

“There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.”

Proverb, Caution, Uncertainty, Expectation, Metaphor

“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.”

Books, Dreams, Imagination, Reading, Literature

“It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do not climb, you will not fall. This is true. But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall?”

Climbing, Risk, Failure, Effort, Attempts

“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.”

Writing, Creativity, Rituals, Environment, Inspiration

“If you are protected from dark things then you have no protection of, knowledge of, or understanding of dark things when they show up.”

Darkness, Protection, Knowledge, Awareness, Understanding