What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.
Neil Gaiman
Town, Bookstore, Community, Culture, Importance
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“I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I’m called Glad-of-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-Eyed. I am called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and I am the Hooded One. I am All-Father, and I am Gondlir Wand-Bearer. I have as many names as there are winds, as many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn, Thought and Memory; my wolves are Freki and Geri; my horse is the gallows.” Neil Gaiman
Mythology, Identity, Names, Storytelling, Personification
Neil Gaiman Mythology, Identity, Names, Storytelling, Personification“When I started out, there were a lot of things I knew I couldn't do, and a lot of things I only found out I couldn't do by going and doing it. And no-one was watching, and nobody cared.” Neil Gaiman
Experimentation, Learning, Self Discovery, Failure, Growth
Neil Gaiman Experimentation, Learning, Self Discovery, Failure, Growth“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Escapism, Imagination, Introversion, Literature
Neil Gaiman Reading, Escapism, Imagination, Introversion, Literature“If you don’t know it’s impossible, it’s easier to do.” Neil Gaiman
Impossibility, Motivation, Achievement, Perspective, Potential
Neil Gaiman Impossibility, Motivation, Achievement, Perspective, Potential“Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.” Neil Gaiman
Discontent, Improvement, Change, Activism, Progress
Neil Gaiman Discontent, Improvement, Change, Activism, Progress“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“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“You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman.” Neil Gaiman
Heroism, Reward, Identity, Purpose, Responsibility
Neil Gaiman Heroism, Reward, Identity, Purpose, Responsibility“I love making things. I love building things. I love the idea that something’s in the world that wasn’t there before.” Neil Gaiman
Creation, Passion, Building, Imagination, Innovation
Neil Gaiman Creation, Passion, Building, Imagination, Innovation“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.” Neil Gaiman
Town, Bookstore, Community, Culture, Importance
Neil Gaiman Town, Bookstore, Community, Culture, Importance“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.” Neil Gaiman
Kindness, Danger, Reality, Advice, Caution
Neil Gaiman Kindness, Danger, Reality, Advice, Caution“There's not much high and low culture any more: there's just mingling streams of art and what matters is whether it's good art or bad art.” Neil Gaiman
Art, Culture, Quality, Perception, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Art, Culture, Quality, Perception, Creativity“Anyone who calls you "little lady" has already excluded you from the set of people worth listening to.” Neil Gaiman
Respect, Gender, Discrimination, Wisdom, Advice
Neil Gaiman Respect, Gender, Discrimination, Wisdom, Advice“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.” Neil Gaiman
Darkness, Mystery, Tension, Fear, Imagery
Neil Gaiman Darkness, Mystery, Tension, Fear, Imagery“Stories are webs, interconnected strand to strand, and you follow each story to the center, because the center is the end. Each person is a strand of the story.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Interconnectedness, Life, Narrative Structure, Metaphor
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Interconnectedness, Life, Narrative Structure, Metaphor“I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don’t understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Importance, Empathy, Understanding, Escape
Neil Gaiman Stories, Importance, Empathy, Understanding, Escape“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Struggle, Creativity, Challenge, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Writing, Struggle, Creativity, Challenge, Introspection“Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works. It’s that easy.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Dreams, Creativity, Inspiration, Expression
Neil Gaiman Writing, Dreams, Creativity, Inspiration, Expression