The squirrel has not yet found the acorn that will grow to the oak that will be cut to form the cradle of the babe that will grow to slay me.
Neil Gaiman
Fate, Interconnectedness, Prophecy, Metaphor, Complexity
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“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference
Neil Gaiman Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference“I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.” Neil Gaiman
Relief, Gratitude, Publishing, Creativity, Appreciation
Neil Gaiman Relief, Gratitude, Publishing, Creativity, Appreciation“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“Honesty matters. Vulnerability matters. Being open about who you were at a moment in time when you were in a difficult or an impossible place matters more than anything.” Neil Gaiman
Honesty, Vulnerability, Authenticity, Self-reflection, Connection
Neil Gaiman Honesty, Vulnerability, Authenticity, Self-reflection, Connection“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, you're doing something.” Neil Gaiman
Mistakes, Learning, Growth, Action, Advice
Neil Gaiman Mistakes, Learning, Growth, Action, Advice“Words save our lives, sometimes.” Neil Gaiman
Words, Communication, Expression, Salvation, Importance
Neil Gaiman Words, Communication, Expression, Salvation, Importance“Sometimes I think that ideas float through the atmosphere like huge squishy pumpkins, waiting for heads to drop on.” Neil Gaiman
Ideas, Creativity, Inspiration, Imagination, Humor
Neil Gaiman Ideas, Creativity, Inspiration, Imagination, Humor“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“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.” Neil Gaiman
Children, Books, Reading, Imagination, Quality
Neil Gaiman Children, Books, Reading, Imagination, Quality“All fiction is a process of imagining: whatever you write, in whatever genre or medium, your task is to make things up convincingly and interestingly and new.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Creativity, Imagination, Storytelling, Writing
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Creativity, Imagination, Storytelling, Writing“I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.” Neil Gaiman
Libraries, Literacy, Librarians, Education, Advocacy
Neil Gaiman Libraries, Literacy, Librarians, Education, Advocacy“I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work, which meant that life did not feel like work.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Learning, Adventure, Work Ethic, Passion
Neil Gaiman Writing, Learning, Adventure, Work Ethic, Passion“I've never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them.” Neil Gaiman
Identity, Complexity, Perception, Human Nature, Inner Worlds
Neil Gaiman Identity, Complexity, Perception, Human Nature, Inner Worlds“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“I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws.” Neil Gaiman
Self-criticism, Humility, Artistry, Perspective, Reflection
Neil Gaiman Self-criticism, Humility, Artistry, Perspective, Reflection“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Dreams, Imagination, Reading, Literature
Neil Gaiman Books, Dreams, Imagination, Reading, Literature“Death is the second oldest of the Endless. It's hard not to love her. She loves you, after all.” Neil Gaiman
Death, Personification, Love, Acceptance, Mythology
Neil Gaiman Death, Personification, Love, Acceptance, Mythology