When you are seven, beauty is an abstraction, not an imperative.
Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Perception, Beauty, Innocence, Perspective
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“I'll find you. Don't worry. Just be on your own and I'll find you.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Connection, Trust, Destiny, Reassurance
Neil Gaiman Love, Connection, Trust, Destiny, Reassurance“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“I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.” Neil Gaiman
Escapism, Reading, Coping Mechanism, Imagination, Reality
Neil Gaiman Escapism, Reading, Coping Mechanism, Imagination, Reality“I like reading. I prefer not reading on my computer, because that makes whatever I am reading feel like work. I do not mind reading on my iPad.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Technology, Preferences, Leisure, Work Life Balance
Neil Gaiman Reading, Technology, Preferences, Leisure, Work Life Balance“You know what killed off the dinosaurs, Whateley? We did. In one barbecue.” Neil Gaiman
Humor, Responsibility, Irony, History, Causality
Neil Gaiman Humor, Responsibility, Irony, History, Causality“You mourn, for it is proper to mourn. But your grief serves you; you do not become a slave to grief. You bid the dead farewell, and you continue.” Neil Gaiman
Grief, Acceptance, Healing, Loss, Moving On
Neil Gaiman Grief, Acceptance, Healing, Loss, Moving On“I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Books, Escape, Comfort, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Stories, Books, Escape, Comfort, Imagination“If you don’t stand up for the stuff you don’t like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you’ve already lost.” Neil Gaiman
Activism, Courage, Principles, Defense, Integrity
Neil Gaiman Activism, Courage, Principles, Defense, Integrity“The war had begun and nobody saw it. The storm was lowering and nobody knew it.” Neil Gaiman
War, Ignorance, Conflict, Tension, Foreshadowing
Neil Gaiman War, Ignorance, Conflict, Tension, Foreshadowing“I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work, which meant that life did not feel like work.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Learning, Adventure, Work Ethic, Passion
Neil Gaiman Writing, Learning, Adventure, Work Ethic, Passion“Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?” Neil Gaiman
Food, Humor, Taste, Questioning, Processed Food
Neil Gaiman Food, Humor, Taste, Questioning, Processed Food“I learned to write by writing.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Learning, Practice, Skill Development, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Learning, Practice, Skill Development, Creativity“I am grim of mind and wrathful of spirit and I have no desire to be nice to anyone.” Neil Gaiman
Anger, Mood, Attitude, Antisocial, Darkness
Neil Gaiman Anger, Mood, Attitude, Antisocial, Darkness“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“Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.” Neil Gaiman
Completion, Learning, Failure, Perseverance, Creative Process
Neil Gaiman Completion, Learning, Failure, Perseverance, Creative Process“Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Connection, Relationship, Significance, Language
Neil Gaiman Writing, Connection, Relationship, Significance, Language“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“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