The view changes from where you are standing. Words can wound, and wounds can heal. All of these things are true.
Neil Gaiman
Perspective, Healing, Words, Truth, Understanding
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“All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.” Neil Gaiman
Knowledge, Answers, Curiosity, Consequences, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Knowledge, Answers, Curiosity, Consequences, Understanding“Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Mortality, Humor, Perspective, Reality
Neil Gaiman Life, Mortality, Humor, Perspective, Reality“Nobody will ever hurt her. She'll just smile her faint vague wonderful smile and walk away.” Neil Gaiman
Resilience, Strength, Independence, Protection, Character Description
Neil Gaiman Resilience, Strength, Independence, Protection, Character Description“That’s sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they’re a girl.” Neil Gaiman
Sexism, Stereotypes, Gifts, Gender Roles, Equality
Neil Gaiman Sexism, Stereotypes, Gifts, Gender Roles, Equality“There are lots of artists in the world. But there’s only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is you. If you decide not to make things, all you’ve done is deprive the world of all the stuff that only you could have brought to it.” Neil Gaiman
Uniqueness, Creativity, Self-expression, Individuality, Contribution
Neil Gaiman Uniqueness, Creativity, Self-expression, Individuality, Contribution“You are an analog girl, living in a digital world.” Neil Gaiman
Technology, Adaptation, Modernity, Identity, Contrast
Neil Gaiman Technology, Adaptation, Modernity, Identity, Contrast“In Jotunheim, the home of the giants, is Mimir's well. It bubbles up from deep in the ground, and it feeds Yggdrasil, the world-tree. Mimir, the wise one, the guardian of memory, knows many things. His well is wisdom, and when the world was young he would drink every morning from the well, by dipping the horn known as the Gjallerhorn into the water and draining it.” Neil Gaiman
Mythology, Wisdom, Memory, Norse Legends, Symbolism
Neil Gaiman Mythology, Wisdom, Memory, Norse Legends, Symbolism“I came to the conclusion that in comedy, everybody gets what they need, whereas in horror, everybody gets what they deserve. I decided that at the end of the day, I was going to give everybody what they needed.” Neil Gaiman
Comedy, Horror, Needs, Storytelling, Themes
Neil Gaiman Comedy, Horror, Needs, Storytelling, Themes“Truly, life is wasted on the living, Nobody Owens. For one of us is too foolish to live, and it is not I.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Death, Wisdom, Perspective, Irony
Neil Gaiman Life, Death, Wisdom, Perspective, Irony“The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.” Neil Gaiman
Imagination, Creativity, Exercise, Personal Growth, Development
Neil Gaiman Imagination, Creativity, Exercise, Personal Growth, Development“My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness. It's quiet.” Neil Gaiman
Writers, Lifestyle, Creativity, Solitude, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Writers, Lifestyle, Creativity, Solitude, Introspection“I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Science Fiction, Career, Beginnings, Genre
Neil Gaiman Writing, Science Fiction, Career, Beginnings, Genre“Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Empathy, Storytelling, Personal Perspective, Truth-telling
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Empathy, Storytelling, Personal Perspective, Truth-telling“I could be blindfolded and dropped into the deepest ocean and I would know where to find you. I could be buried a hundred miles underground and I would know where you are.” Neil Gaiman
Connection, Love, Intuition, Trust, Deep Bond
Neil Gaiman Connection, Love, Intuition, Trust, Deep Bond“I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it.” Neil Gaiman
Comedy, Happiness, Writing, Intention, Emotional Impact
Neil Gaiman Comedy, Happiness, Writing, Intention, Emotional Impact“Fear is contagious. You can catch it.” Neil Gaiman
Fear, Contagion, Emotions, Influence, Psychology
Neil Gaiman Fear, Contagion, Emotions, Influence, Psychology“I like horror, but I tend to like it as seasoning. I’d get very bored if I was told I had to write a horror novel. I’d love to write a novel with horror elements, but too much, and it doesn’t taste of anything else.” Neil Gaiman
Horror, Writing, Creativity, Balance, Flavor
Neil Gaiman Horror, Writing, Creativity, Balance, Flavor