--- title: "9 Kill Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "9 Kill quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Kill sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/neil-gaiman-29_quote_nobody-died-how-can-you-kill-an-idea-how_87810.jpg" --- > [“Nobody died. How can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?"- Cain, The Sandman Vol. 10:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/nobody-died-how-can-you-kill-an-idea-how-can-you-kill-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/neil-gaiman-29_quote_nobody-died-how-can-you-kill-an-idea-how_87810.jpg) > [“Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.’ There”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/ideas-are-more-difficult-to-kill-than-people-but-they-can-be-killed/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/neil-gaiman-29_difficult_ideas-are-more-difficult-to-kill-than-pe_474787.jpg) > [Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/gods-die-and-when-they-truly-die-they-are-unmourned-and-unremembered/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/neil-gaiman-29_difficult_gods-die-and-when-they-truly-die-they-ar_699995.jpg) > [It’s easier to kill people, when you’re dead yourself. I mean, it’s not such a big deal. You’re not so prejudiced any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-easier-to-kill-people-when-you-re-dead-yourself-i-mean-it-s-not/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/neil-gaiman-29_big-deal_it-s-easier-to-kill-people-when-you-re-d_886374.jpg) > [“Why us, goddammit? Why are you doing this stuff to us? You're going to kill us!" "Why? Because I can.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/why-us-goddammit-why-are-you-doing-this-stuff-to-us-you-re-going-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12e/neil-gaiman-29_doing_why-us-goddammit-why-are-you-doing-this_699655.jpg) > [It’s easier to kill people, when you’re dead yourself,” she told him. “I mean, it’s not such a big deal. You’re not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-easier-to-kill-people-when-you-re-dead-yourself-she-told-him-i/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/neil-gaiman-29_big-deal_it-s-easier-to-kill-people-when-you-re-d_1680946.jpg) > [“Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/ideas-are-more-difficult-to-kill-than-people-but-they-can-be-killed-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/neil-gaiman-29_gods_ideas-are-more-difficult-to-kill-than-pe_3214625.jpg) > [“You should know that if we do fucking kill you, the we'll just delete you. You got that? One click and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-should-know-that-if-we-do-fucking-kill-you-the-we-ll-just-delete/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/neil-gaiman-29_quote_you-should-know-that-if-we-do-fucking-ki_1913713.jpg) > [People kill what they fear. They burned, and drowned, and hanged those they saw as witches, the devil's servants: the wise women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-kill-what-they-fear-they-burned-and-drowned-and-hanged-those/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/neil-gaiman-29_burned_people-kill-what-they-fear-they-burned-a_1698863.jpg) ## Other authors on Kill ## 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/kill/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "9 Kill Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nobody died. How can you kill an idea? 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