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I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love

I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they'll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. And then she stopped walking. Under the moon, she stopped. And looked at us. She looked at me. Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don't know. She probably didn't even know I was there. But I'll always love her. All my life.

Love, Moon, Thinking

I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.

Inspirational, Book, Reading

Neil Gaiman (2013). “The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel”, p.16, Harper Collins

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

Inspirational, Life, Failure

"The Sandman: Fables & Reflections". Comic book series by Neil Gaiman, 1993.

Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.

Lying, Eye, People

Neil Gaiman (2016). “The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction”, p.175, Hachette UK

I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.

Believe, Boys, Men

Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.255, Hachette UK

Leave no stone unturned. Deeply explore the beauty of your life.

Stones

You people always hold onto old identities, old faces and masks, long after they've served their purpose. But you've got to learn to throw things away eventually.

Long, People, Identity

When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn’t it rather tragic to find men and women, with brains capable of comprehending the stars and the planets, talking about the weather; men and women, with hands capable of creating works of art, using those hands only for routine tasks; men and women, capable of independent thought, using their minds as a bowling-alley for popular ideas; men and women, capable of greatness, wallowing in mediocrity; men and women, capable of self-expression, slowly dying a mental death while they babble the confused monotone of the mob?

Art, Stars, Confused

Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.

Dream, Heart, Stories

Neil Gaiman (2010). “Instructions”, Harper Collins

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.

Inspirational, Dream, Book

I think hell is something you carry around with you, not somewhere you go.

Monday, Thinking, Hell

Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.

Happiness, Whatever It Takes, Glorious

What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?' 'Cats don't have names,' it said. 'No?' said Coraline. 'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.

Cat, Names, People

Neil Gaiman (2013). “Coraline”, p.45, A&C Black

Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.

Pain, Life And Love, Path

Neil Gaiman (2009). “The Graveyard Book”, p.189, A&C Black

Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read.

Junk, Needs, Claims

A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams and a world in which there is hope.

Dream, Heart, Angel

There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.

Love, Dream, Heart

Neil Gaiman (2009). “Selections from Fragile Things, Volume One: 4 Short Fictions and Wonders”, p.4, Harper Collins

You have to finish things - that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.

Writing, Design, Finishing

"Neil Gaiman’s Advice to Aspiring Writers" by Maria Popova, www.brainpickings.org. September 11, 2013.

Things bloosom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.

Bud, Fades

Let's start a new tomorrow, today.

Inspirational, Future, Cherish Every Moment

Neil Gaiman (2005). “Anansi Boys”

I really don't know what "I love you" means. I think it means "Don't leave me here alone.

Love, Mean, Thinking

Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would.

Writing, Cake, Cooking

Neil Gaiman (2009). “Selections from Fragile Things, Volume One: 4 Short Fictions and Wonders”, p.5, Harper Collins

I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.

Journey, Destination

Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 28, 2005.

A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now that's a question.

Stars, Philosopher, Stardust

I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.

Love, Wise, Dream

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