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Forever Quotes by Neil Gaiman

14 Forever quotes by Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman’s take on forever feels like a story told in the twilight—part fairy‑tale, part stark reality. In 14 succinct snippets, he mixes mythic wonder with contemporary insight, offering a fresh lens on how eternity can be both comforting and unsettling.

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It felt like a small forever.

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Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

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Even nothing cannot last forever.

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“He was the boy with the book. Always and forever.”

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You don't have to stay anywhere forever.

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And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever.

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We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.

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This is not a place, after all. It is BETWEEN places. This is NOWHERE. A brief thought: I could stay here, abandon…

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Tristan and Yvaine were happy together. Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they…

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They were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins…

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The secret to writing is just to write. Write every day. Never stop writing. Write on every surface you see; write on…

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It's like one of those dreams that changes you. You keep some of the dream forever, and you know things down deep…

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Death’s a funny thing. I used to think it was a big, sudden thing, like a huge owl that would swoop down…

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Have you thought about what it means to be a god?" asked the man. He had a beard and a baseball cap.…

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“[T]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.”

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So many things to see, people to do.

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“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”

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You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…

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“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”

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“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”

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Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.

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What do stars do? They shine.

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