We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.
Neil Gaiman
Knowledge, Awareness, Human Nature, Denial, Truth
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“We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Denial, Truth, Self-perception, Bright Lies
Neil Gaiman Memory, Denial, Truth, Self-perception, Bright Lies“Information and knowledge: two currencies that have never gone out of style.” Neil Gaiman
Information, Knowledge, Value, Learning, Wisdom
Neil Gaiman Information, Knowledge, Value, Learning, Wisdom“Even the proudest spirit can be broken with love.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Vulnerability, Emotions, Strength, Relationships
Neil Gaiman Love, Vulnerability, Emotions, Strength, Relationships“You know how is it when you love someone? And the hard part, the bad part, the Jerry Springer Show part is that you never stop loving someone. There's always a piece of them in your heart.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Heartbreak, Relationships, Emotions, Permanence
Neil Gaiman Love, Heartbreak, Relationships, Emotions, Permanence“If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were the same as mine, I think the world would be a pretty dismal sort of a place.” Neil Gaiman
Diversity, Art, Perspectives, Culture, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Diversity, Art, Perspectives, Culture, Creativity“I was a scholarship minor public school day boy at Ardingly College and later Whitgift School. Then, straight into work as a journalist - a wonderful thing for a writer.” Neil Gaiman
Education, Journalism, Experience, Growth, Background
Neil Gaiman Education, Journalism, Experience, Growth, Background“Hey, that’s life, flick it off if you can’t take a joke.” Neil Gaiman
Humor, Life, Resilience, Acceptance, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Humor, Life, Resilience, Acceptance, Perspective“In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be a lie. It is the most basic building brick of everything.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Truth, Reality, Dreams, Creation
Neil Gaiman Language, Truth, Reality, Dreams, Creation“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 don't think I'm mainstream. I think what I am is lots and lots of different cults. And when you get lots and lots of small groups who like you a lot, they add up to a big group without ever actually becoming mainstream.” Neil Gaiman
Fame, Cult Following, Popularity, Niche Audiences, Mainstream
Neil Gaiman Fame, Cult Following, Popularity, Niche Audiences, Mainstream“I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult books, the kind with no pictures or conversations.” Neil Gaiman
Adulthood, Childhood, Perception, Books, Metaphor
Neil Gaiman Adulthood, Childhood, Perception, Books, Metaphor“The sky had never seemed so sky; the world had never seemed so world.” Neil Gaiman
Perception, Wonder, Nature, Beauty, Simplicity
Neil Gaiman Perception, Wonder, Nature, Beauty, Simplicity“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren’t.” Neil Gaiman
Monsters, Fear, Shapes, Perception Of Fear, Cultural References
Neil Gaiman Monsters, Fear, Shapes, Perception Of Fear, Cultural References“I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not.” Neil Gaiman
Belief, Truth, Imagination, Perception, Cognitive Flexibility
Neil Gaiman Belief, Truth, Imagination, Perception, Cognitive Flexibility“I know not whether you came to me or I to you. Not whether it was a dream, asleep or awake. I am lost in the darkness of a downcast heart. Dream or reality. Let it be decided tonight.” Neil Gaiman
Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection“I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear. Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.” Neil Gaiman
Wonder, Life, Beyond, Existential Questions, Universal Truths
Neil Gaiman Wonder, Life, Beyond, Existential Questions, Universal Truths“There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.” Neil Gaiman
Comedy, Storytelling, Freedom, Creativity, Cultural Narratives
Neil Gaiman Comedy, Storytelling, Freedom, Creativity, Cultural Narratives“Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading – do not discourage children from reading because you feel they’re reading the wrong thing. There is no such thing as the wrong thing to be reading and no bad fiction for kids.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Children, Literature, Encouragement, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Reading, Children, Literature, Encouragement, Imagination