You mourn, for it is proper to mourn. But your grief serves you; you do not become a slave to grief. You… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“And it’s easy to be cynical about death when you’re young. When you are young, death is an anomaly. It’s not real.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Death had vanished from the streets of America, thought Shadow; now it happened in hospital rooms and in ambulances. We must not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“What you have to remember,” said Mr. Ibis, testily, “is that life and death are different sides of the same coin. Like… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The only reason people die, is because EVERYONE does it. You all just go along with it. It's RUBBISH, death. It's STUPID.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“And all the weird shit tumbles into perspective. It doesn't matter and it isn't real. No miracles. No magic. No dreams. Just… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“It doesn't happen like this! Everybody, you put him in a death trap, he pulls something outta his utility belt and he's… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Listen, gods die when they are forgotten. People too. But the land's still here. The good places, and the bad. The land… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son died. And I was hurt, but I watched… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“He heard long ago, in a dream, that one day in every century Death takes on mortal flesh, better to comprehend what… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I have a particularly bad feeling about all this,” said Fat Charlie, helpfully. Spider nodded. “A bad feeling,” he said. “Yes. We… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Each of the dancers took a partner, the living with the dead, each to each. Bod reached out his hand and found… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Are you happy?” asked Mr. Nancy, suddenly. He had been staring at Shadow for several hours. Whenever Shadow glanced over to his… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There is a madness, yes, this is true. Few mortals possess it, the willingness to step away from the protection of sanity.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If you want to call it that. But it is a very specific sort of magic. There's a magic you take from… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“DEATH: "Mostly they aren't too keen to see me. They fear the sunless lands. But they enter your realm each night without… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize. Their hearts desire, their dream....But the price… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories—if you keep… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Then she told me everyone can know everything destiny knows. And more than that. She said we all not only could know… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“It’s a way of talking about lust without talking about lust, he told them. It is a way of talking about sex,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“You will not even die in battle. No warrior will taste your blood. No one alive will take your life. You will… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Could be anyone. The Kin . I mean... it’s like calling yourselves the People. It’s what pretty much every race-name means. Except… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I believe [...] that while all human life is sacred there’s nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“[T]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image