There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.
Neil Gaiman
Proverb, Caution, Uncertainty, Expectation, Metaphor
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“I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn’t mean anything? What then?” Neil Gaiman
Wanting, Satisfaction, Desire, Meaning, Enjoyment
Neil Gaiman Wanting, Satisfaction, Desire, Meaning, Enjoyment“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“You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.” Neil Gaiman
Growth, Life, Identity, Responsibility, Self-worth
Neil Gaiman Growth, Life, Identity, Responsibility, Self-worth“Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.” Neil Gaiman
Creativity, Individuality, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Potential
Neil Gaiman Creativity, Individuality, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Potential“Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the tale we stop before we die, or we die vicariously and unharmed, and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book, and we resume our lives.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Empathy, Imagination, Perspective, Reading
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Empathy, Imagination, Perspective, Reading“Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You’ll find what you need to find. Just read.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Exploration, Knowledge, Discovery, Encouragement
Neil Gaiman Reading, Exploration, Knowledge, Discovery, Encouragement“It’s always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.” Neil Gaiman
Apology, Sentiment, Timing, Regret, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Apology, Sentiment, Timing, Regret, Understanding“You're brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don't care if you are imaginary.” Neil Gaiman
Bravery, Friendship, Imagination, Support, Acceptance
Neil Gaiman Bravery, Friendship, Imagination, Support, Acceptance“You see with your eyes. This means you can be misled by charm, by outward appearance. By webs of glamour, by surface pretences. I do not see with my eyes. I see good and I see evil. Nothing else.” Neil Gaiman
Perception, Truth, Clarity, Morality, Intuition
Neil Gaiman Perception, Truth, Clarity, Morality, Intuition“Some hats can only be worn if you’re willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you’re only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.” Neil Gaiman
Confidence, Self-expression, Attitude, Individuality, Playfulness
Neil Gaiman Confidence, Self-expression, Attitude, Individuality, Playfulness“London grew into something huge and contradictory. It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and a price that all good places have to pay.” Neil Gaiman
Cities, Growth, Contradictions, Consequences, London
Neil Gaiman Cities, Growth, Contradictions, Consequences, London“Rule one of reading other people’s stories is that whenever you say ‘well that’s not convincing’ the author tells you that’s the bit that wasn’t made up. This is because real life is under no obligation to be convincing.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Storytelling, Realism, Critique, Life Truths
Neil Gaiman Reading, Storytelling, Realism, Critique, Life Truths“As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.” Neil Gaiman
Aging, Family, Identity, Repetition, Perception
Neil Gaiman Aging, Family, Identity, Repetition, Perception“Any view of things that is not strange is false.” Neil Gaiman
Perspective, Truth, Reality, Uniqueness, Perception
Neil Gaiman Perspective, Truth, Reality, Uniqueness, Perception“You got a lifetime. No more. No less.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Mortality, Perspective, Limitation, Brevity
Neil Gaiman Life, Mortality, Perspective, Limitation, Brevity“It's a wonderful thing, as a writer, to be given parameters and walls and barriers.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Creativity, Constraints, Exploration, Freedom
Neil Gaiman Writing, Creativity, Constraints, Exploration, Freedom“It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is.” Neil Gaiman
Fairness, Acceptance, Life, Reality, Philosophy
Neil Gaiman Fairness, Acceptance, Life, Reality, Philosophy