--- title: "6 Foolish Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "6 Foolish quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Foolish sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/neil-gaiman-29_adults_she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning_223405.jpg" --- > [She was the storm, she was the lightning, she was the adult world with all its power and all its secrets and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning-she-was-the-adult-world-with/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/neil-gaiman-29_adults_she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning_223405.jpg) > [“She had forgotten them all; forgotten Richard down in the mud, and the Marquis and his foolish crossbow, and the world. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-had-forgotten-them-all-forgotten-richard-down-in-the-mud-and-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/neil-gaiman-29_beast_she-had-forgotten-them-all-forgotten-ric_1348964.jpg) > [Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/each-person-who-ever-was-or-is-or-will-be-has-a-song-it-isn-t-a-song/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/neil-gaiman-29_foolish_each-person-who-ever-was-or-is-or-will-b_1744729.jpg) > [Truly, life is wasted on the living, Nobody Owens. For one of us is too foolish to live, and it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/truly-life-is-wasted-on-the-living-nobody-owens-for-one-of-us-is-too/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/neil-gaiman-29_foolish_truly-life-is-wasted-on-the-living-nobod_1849257.jpg) > [There are new gods growing in America, clinging to growing knots of belief: gods of credit card and freeway, of Internet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-are-new-gods-growing-in-america-clinging-to-growing-knots-of/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/neil-gaiman-29_america_there-are-new-gods-growing-in-america-cl_1993870.jpg) > [Often the adult book is not for you, not yet, or will only be for you when you're ready. But sometimes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/often-the-adult-book-is-not-for-you-not-yet-or-will-only-be-for-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/neil-gaiman-29_adult_often-the-adult-book-is-not-for-you-not_2784825.jpg) ## Other authors on Foolish ## 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/foolish/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "6 Foolish Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She was the storm, she was the lightning, she was the adult world with all its power and all its secrets and all its foolish casual cruelty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning-she-was-the-adult-world-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/neil-gaiman-29_adults_she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning_223405.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/neil-gaiman-29_adults_she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning_223405.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/neil-gaiman-29_adults_she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning_223405.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She was the storm, she was the lightning, she was the adult world with all its power and all its secrets and…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She had forgotten them all; forgotten Richard down in the mud, and the Marquis and his foolish crossbow, and the world. 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