--- title: "7 Good place Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "7 Good place quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Good place sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/neil-gaiman-29_death_listen-gods-die-when-they-are-forgotten_29465.jpg" --- > [“Listen, gods die when they are forgotten. People too. But the land's still here. The good places, and the bad. The land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/listen-gods-die-when-they-are-forgotten-people-too-but-the-land-s/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/neil-gaiman-29_death_listen-gods-die-when-they-are-forgotten_29465.jpg) > [“but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and a price that all good places have to pay.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/but-there-is-a-price-to-be-paid-for-all-good-places-and-a-price-that/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/neil-gaiman-29_good-place_but-there-is-a-price-to-be-paid-for-all_111949.jpg) > [“I don't think immediate tragedy is a very good source of art. It can be, but too often it's raw and painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-don-t-think-immediate-tragedy-is-a-very-good-source-of-art-it-can/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/neil-gaiman-29_art_i-don-t-think-immediate-tragedy-is-a-ver_345782.jpg) > [“It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-was-a-good-place-and-a-fine-city-but-there-is-a-price-to-be-paid/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/neil-gaiman-29_good-place_it-was-a-good-place-and-a-fine-city-but_473595.jpg) > [Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/anywhere-that-i-can-t-check-my-email-is-a-good-place-to-write/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/neil-gaiman-29_good-place_anywhere-that-i-can-t-check-my-email-is_883304.jpg) > [I don't think immediate tragedy is a very good source of art. It can be, but too often it's raw and painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-don-t-think-immediate-tragedy-is-a-very-good-source-of-art-it-can-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/neil-gaiman-29_art_i-don-t-think-immediate-tragedy-is-a-ver_1723544.jpg) > [London grew into something huge and contradictory. It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/london-grew-into-something-huge-and-contradictory-it-was-a-good-place/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/neil-gaiman-29_cities_london-grew-into-something-huge-and-cont_2651106.jpg) ## 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/good-place/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "7 Good place Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Listen, gods die when they are forgotten. People too. But the land's still here. The good places, and the bad. The land isn't going anywhere. 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