Things blossom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.
Neil Gaiman
Growth, Time, Natural Cycles, Beauty, Patience
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“There’s none so blind as those who will not listen.” Neil Gaiman
Blindness, Listening, Awareness, Communication, Ignorance
Neil Gaiman Blindness, Listening, Awareness, Communication, Ignorance“My guiltiest pleasure is Harry Stephen Keeler. He may have been the greatest bad writer America has ever produced. Or perhaps the worst great writer. I do not know. There are few faults you can accuse him of that he is not guilty of. But I love him.” Neil Gaiman
Literature, Writing, Humor, Guilty Pleasure, Critique
Neil Gaiman Literature, Writing, Humor, Guilty Pleasure, Critique“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“I’m the idiot box. I’m the TV. I’m the all-seeing eye and the world of the cathode ray. I’m the boob tube. I’m the little shrine the family gathers to adore.” Neil Gaiman
Television, Media, Influence, Culture, Family
Neil Gaiman Television, Media, Influence, Culture, Family“Words can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear; grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.” Neil Gaiman
Words, Complexity, Wisdom, Choices, Morality
Neil Gaiman Words, Complexity, Wisdom, Choices, Morality“It is a fool’s prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.” Neil Gaiman
Truth, Foolishness, Expression, Honesty, Courage
Neil Gaiman Truth, Foolishness, Expression, Honesty, Courage“I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options.” Neil Gaiman
Gravity, Laws, Science, Comfort, Reality
Neil Gaiman Gravity, Laws, Science, Comfort, Reality“A ghost-memory rises, here: a phantom moment, a shaky reflection in the pool of remembrance. I know how it felt when the scavengers took my heart. How it felt as the hunger birds, all mouth, tore into my chest and snatched out my heart, still pumping, and devoured it to get at what was hidden inside it. I know how that feels, as if it was truly a part of my life, of my death. And then the memory snips and rips, neatly, and -.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Emotion, Loss, Reflection, Experience
Neil Gaiman Memory, Emotion, Loss, Reflection, Experience“The only thing that kept me going was stories. Stories are hope. They take you out of yourself for a bit, and when you get dropped back in, you're different- you're stronger, you've seen more, you've felt more. Stories are like spiritual currency.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Hope, Transformation, Strength, Personal Growth
Neil Gaiman Stories, Hope, Transformation, Strength, Personal Growth“As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays, and I would walk home at night. For several years, I read the children's library until I finished the children's library. Then I moved into the adult library and slowly worked my way through them.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Reading, Libraries, Learning, Self Education
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Reading, Libraries, Learning, Self Education“We owe it to each other to tell stories.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Human Connection, Culture, Obligation, Communication
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Human Connection, Culture, Obligation, Communication“I had started to feel that somewhere in the second half of the 20th century, the idea of page-turning as a good thing had been lost. You were getting books that were the equivalent of absolutely beautifully prepared dishes of food that didn't taste like anything much.” Neil Gaiman
Literature, Reading, Page Turner, Literary Quality, Nostalgia
Neil Gaiman Literature, Reading, Page Turner, Literary Quality, Nostalgia“I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don't need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It's what we do.” Neil Gaiman
Humanity, Perseverance, Belief, Existence, Self-reliance
Neil Gaiman Humanity, Perseverance, Belief, Existence, Self-reliance“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.” Neil Gaiman
Wisdom, Silence, Knowledge, Discretion, Communication
Neil Gaiman Wisdom, Silence, Knowledge, Discretion, Communication“I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book.” Neil Gaiman
Writing Process, Perfectionism, Craft, Style, Voices
Neil Gaiman Writing Process, Perfectionism, Craft, Style, Voices“You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never thought about, and you find out what you think as you answer.” Neil Gaiman
Interview, Self-discovery, Reflection, Communication, Spontaneity
Neil Gaiman Interview, Self-discovery, Reflection, Communication, Spontaneity“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.” Neil Gaiman
Libraries, Civilization, Knowledge, Safety, Community
Neil Gaiman Libraries, Civilization, Knowledge, Safety, Community“There was nowhere they could have gone and they went there anyway.” Neil Gaiman
Adventure, Determination, Impossibility, Courage, Exploration
Neil Gaiman Adventure, Determination, Impossibility, Courage, Exploration