--- title: "4 Lightning Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "4 Lightning quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Lightning 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) > [“Sometimes the ship would sail above dark storm clouds, as big as mountains, and the crew would fish for lightning bolts with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/sometimes-the-ship-would-sail-above-dark-storm-clouds-as-big-as/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/neil-gaiman-29_storm-clouds_sometimes-the-ship-would-sail-above-dark_1826665.jpg) > [“I took the dog out for a walk tonight, and together we wandered across the meadow next door. It was a warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-took-the-dog-out-for-a-walk-tonight-and-together-we-wandered-across/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/neil-gaiman-29_fireflies_i-took-the-dog-out-for-a-walk-tonight-an_2430904.jpg) > [There were faces at the windows and words written in blood; deep in the crypt a lonely ghoul crunched on something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-were-faces-at-the-windows-and-words-written-in-blood-deep-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/neil-gaiman-29_alive_there-were-faces-at-the-windows-and-word_2690204.jpg) ## Other authors on Lightning - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/rick-riordan/) - [Mark Twain 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-neruda-73079.jpg) Pablo Neruda 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/pablo-neruda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/terry-pratchett/) - [Salim Akil 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/salim-akil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-percy-bysshe-shelley-74544.jpg) Percy Bysshe Shelley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/percy-bysshe-shelley/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/jarod-kintz/) ## 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/lightning/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Lightning Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 4, "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": "“Sometimes the ship would sail above dark storm clouds, as big as mountains, and the crew would fish for lightning bolts with a small copper chest.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/sometimes-the-ship-would-sail-above-dark-storm-clouds-as-big-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/neil-gaiman-29_storm-clouds_sometimes-the-ship-would-sail-above-dark_1826665.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/neil-gaiman-29_storm-clouds_sometimes-the-ship-would-sail-above-dark_1826665.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/neil-gaiman-29_storm-clouds_sometimes-the-ship-would-sail-above-dark_1826665.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes the ship would sail above dark storm clouds, as big as mountains, and the crew would fish for…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I took the dog out for a walk tonight, and together we wandered across the meadow next door. 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