--- title: "13 Doors Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "13 Doors quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Doors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/neil-gaiman-29_quote_beware-of-doors-1541458_1541458.jpg" --- > [“Beware of Doors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/beware-of-doors/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/neil-gaiman-29_quote_beware-of-doors-1541458_1541458.jpg) > [You were her way here, and it's a dangerous thing to be a door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-were-her-way-here-and-it-s-a-dangerous-thing-to-be-a-door/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/neil-gaiman-29_dangerous_you-were-her-way-here-and-it-s-a-dangero_2384479.jpg) > [The past is always knocking at the door, trying to break through into today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-past-is-always-knocking-at-the-door-trying-to-break-through-into/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/neil-gaiman-29_break_the-past-is-always-knocking-at-the-door_1648922.jpg) > [She had the feeling that the door was looking at her, which she knew was silly, and knew on a deeper level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-had-the-feeling-that-the-door-was-looking-at-her-which-she-knew/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/neil-gaiman-29_deeper_she-had-the-feeling-that-the-door-was-lo_3034462.jpg) > [Diana used to tell me she had a travel jinx, something I only really started to believe when the plane door fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/diana-used-to-tell-me-she-had-a-travel-jinx-something-i-only-really/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/neil-gaiman-29_believe_diana-used-to-tell-me-she-had-a-travel-j_2119217.jpg) > [How old are you?" asked Door. Richard was pleased she had asked; he would never have dared. "As old as my tongue,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-old-are-you-asked-door-richard-was-pleased-she-had-asked-he-would/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/neil-gaiman-29_doors_how-old-are-you-asked-door-richard-was-p_1090441.jpg) > [We have to get the... the thing I got... to the Angel. And then he'll tell Door about her family, and he'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/we-have-to-get-the-the-thing-i-got-to-the-angel-and-then-he-ll-tell/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/neil-gaiman-29_angel_we-have-to-get-the-the-thing-i-got-to-th_1269370.jpg) > [I thought about moving south, about continuing to run, continuing to pretend I was alive. But it was, I knew now, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-thought-about-moving-south-about-continuing-to-run-continuing-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/neil-gaiman-29_alive_i-thought-about-moving-south-about-conti_597341.jpg) > [Also, in my bedroom, nobody minded if I kept the hall door half-open, allowing in enough light that I was not scared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/also-in-my-bedroom-nobody-minded-if-i-kept-the-hall-door-half-open/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/neil-gaiman-29_bedroom_also-in-my-bedroom-nobody-minded-if-i-ke_2450895.jpg) > [He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me." Door stopped. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/he-richard-began-the-marquis-well-you-know-to-be-honest-he-seems-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/neil-gaiman-29_being-honest_he-richard-began-the-marquis-well-you-kn_2225284.jpg) > [I wish I could Buy Time - just write a cheque, and a few days later a brown cardboard box would arrive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-wish-i-could-buy-time-just-write-a-cheque-and-a-few-days-later-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/neil-gaiman-29_bonus_i-wish-i-could-buy-time-just-write-a-che_96676.jpg) > [“In every way that counted, I was dead. Inside somewhere maybe I was screaming and weeping and howling like an animal, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/in-every-way-that-counted-i-was-dead-inside-somewhere-maybe-i-was/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/neil-gaiman-29_animal_in-every-way-that-counted-i-was-dead-ins_419598.jpg) > [When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-a-kid-we-actually-lived-in-a-house-that-had-been-divided/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/neil-gaiman-29_brick-wall_when-i-was-a-kid-we-actually-lived-in-a_2000828.jpg) ## Other authors on Doors ## More by Neil Gaiman > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doors/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "13 Doors Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Beware of Doors.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/beware-of-doors/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/neil-gaiman-29_quote_beware-of-doors-1541458_1541458.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/neil-gaiman-29_quote_beware-of-doors-1541458_1541458.jpg", "url": 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