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“Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.”
Neil Gaiman
Life, Cynicism, Humor, Mortality, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Life, Cynicism, Humor, Mortality, Perspective“I've been blogging since February of 2001. When I started blogging, it was a dinosaur blog. It was me and a handful of tyrannosaurs. We'd be writing blog entries like, 'The tyrannosaurus is getting grumpy.'” Neil Gaiman
Blogging, History, Humor, Dinosaurs, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Blogging, History, Humor, Dinosaurs, Creativity“Not knowing everything is all that makes it OK, sometimes.” Neil Gaiman
Uncertainty, Acceptance, Knowledge, Comfort, Mystery
Neil Gaiman Uncertainty, Acceptance, Knowledge, Comfort, Mystery“The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words both sweet and sour with the same tongue.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste
Neil Gaiman Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste“The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.” Neil Gaiman
Superheroes, Transcendence, Batman, Superman, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Superheroes, Transcendence, Batman, Superman, Storytelling“Does it make you feel big to make a little boy cry?” Neil Gaiman
Bullying, Empathy, Power Dynamics, Childhood, Cruelty
Neil Gaiman Bullying, Empathy, Power Dynamics, Childhood, Cruelty“In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Vulnerability, Family, Danger, Growing Up
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Vulnerability, Family, Danger, Growing Up“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“You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.” Neil Gaiman
Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration
Neil Gaiman Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration“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“Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured beneath the things that come later, like childhood toys forgotten at the bottom of a crammed adult closet, but they are never lost for good.” Neil Gaiman
Memories, Childhood, Nostalgia, Past, Self Discovery
Neil Gaiman Memories, Childhood, Nostalgia, Past, Self Discovery“It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Social Dynamics, Observation, Personality, Introversion
Neil Gaiman Writing, Social Dynamics, Observation, Personality, Introversion“That’s the trouble with living things. Don’t last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.” Neil Gaiman
Impermanence, Memories, Nostalgia, Life, Change
Neil Gaiman Impermanence, Memories, Nostalgia, Life, Change“The truth is, it's not the idea, it's never the idea, it's always what you do with it.” Neil Gaiman
Ideas, Execution, Creativity, Action, Innovation
Neil Gaiman Ideas, Execution, Creativity, Action, Innovation“A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health information. And mental health information. It’s a community space. It’s a place of safety, a haven from the world.” Neil Gaiman
Library, Information, Community, Safety, Access
Neil Gaiman Library, Information, Community, Safety, Access“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“I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I'd go and work my way through the children's area.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Library, Reading, Exploration, Nostalgic Memories
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Library, Reading, Exploration, Nostalgic Memories