--- title: "8 Green Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "8 Green quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Green sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/neil-gaiman-29_biscuits_for-tea-she-went-down-to-see-misses-spin_356949.jpg" --- > [For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/for-tea-she-went-down-to-see-misses-spink-and-forcible-she-had-three/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/neil-gaiman-29_biscuits_for-tea-she-went-down-to-see-misses-spin_356949.jpg) > [You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-are-obvious-boy-you-are-difficult-to-miss-if-you-came-to-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/neil-gaiman-29_believe_you-are-obvious-boy-you-are-difficult-to_1159427.jpg) > [Imagine a mosaic picture of a house in the country: lots of red and blue and yellow and black and brown and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/imagine-a-mosaic-picture-of-a-house-in-the-country-lots-of-red-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/neil-gaiman-29_beautiful_imagine-a-mosaic-picture-of-a-house-in-t_1240395.jpg) > [Hasn't there always been a moon?" "Bless you. Not in the slightest. I remember the day the moon came. We looked up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/hasn-t-there-always-been-a-moon-bless-you-not-in-the-slightest-i/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/neil-gaiman-29_bless_hasn-t-there-always-been-a-moon-bless-yo_2072334.jpg) > [“Fat Charlie went back to his hotel room, the colour of underwater, where his lime sat, like a small green Buddha, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/fat-charlie-went-back-to-his-hotel-room-the-colour-of-underwater/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f5/neil-gaiman-29_anansi-boys_fat-charlie-went-back-to-his-hotel-room_2249286.jpg) > [Have you ever spent days and days and days making up flavors of ice cream that no one's ever eaten before? Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/have-you-ever-spent-days-and-days-and-days-making-up-flavors-of-ice/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/neil-gaiman-29_chickens_have-you-ever-spent-days-and-days-and-da_2411723.jpg) > [There are some dogs which, when you meet them, remind you that, despite thousands of years of man-made evolution, every dog is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-are-some-dogs-which-when-you-meet-them-remind-you-that-despite/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/neil-gaiman-29_campfire_there-are-some-dogs-which-when-you-meet_2575294.jpg) > [She sat down on one of her grandmother's uncomfortable armchairs, and the cat sprang up into her lap and made itself comfortable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s-uncomfortable-armchairs-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/neil-gaiman-29_afternoon_she-sat-down-on-one-of-her-grandmother-s_2644798.jpg) ## Other authors on Green ## 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/green/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "8 Green Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a cup of weak tea. The limeade was very interesting. It didn't taste anything like limes. It tasted bright green and vaguely chemical. Coraline liked it enormously. She wished they had it at home. \"How are your dear mother and father?\" asked Miss Spink. \"Missing,\" said Coraline. \"I haven't seen either of them since yesterday. I'm on my own. 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