--- title: "11 Long time Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "11 Long time quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Long time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/neil-gaiman-29_long-time_already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-so_2994248.jpg" --- > [“Already it was beginning to feel like something that happened to somebody else, a long time ago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-something-that-happened-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/neil-gaiman-29_long-time_already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-so_2994248.jpg) > [She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been-a-very-long-time-since-she/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been_759821.jpg) > [“What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-precise-moment-when-you-realize/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/neil-gaiman-29_delirium_what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-prec_2311107.jpg) > [I noticed a long time ago that the Universe rewards belief systems. It doesn't really matter what you believe - it'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-noticed-a-long-time-ago-that-the-universe-rewards-belief-systems-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/neil-gaiman-29_bears_i-noticed-a-long-time-ago-that-the-unive_2341430.jpg) > [“Lettie Hempstock’s hand in my hand made me braver. But Lettie was just a girl, even if she was a big girl,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/lettie-hempstock-s-hand-in-my-hand-made-me-braver-but-lettie-was-just/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/neil-gaiman-29_every-night_lettie-hempstock-s-hand-in-my-hand-made_2976157.jpg) > [Delirium: "What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/delirium-what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-precise-moment-when-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/neil-gaiman-29_delirium_delirium-what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for_801987.jpg) > [Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/monsters-come-in-all-shapes-and-sizes-some-of-them-are-things-people/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/612/neil-gaiman-29_long_monsters-come-in-all-shapes-and-sizes-so_2797089.jpg) > [“I had been here, hadn’t I, a long time ago? I was sure I had. Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-had-been-here-hadn-t-i-a-long-time-ago-i-was-sure-i-had-childhood/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/neil-gaiman-29_childhood_i-had-been-here-hadn-t-i-a-long-time-ago_1374664.jpg) > [“There doesn't have to be any of that business with one third of the seas turning to blood or anything," said Aziraphale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-doesn-t-have-to-be-any-of-that-business-with-one-third-of-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/neil-gaiman-29_business_there-doesn-t-have-to-be-any-of-that-bus_1547429.jpg) > [“Death has a body like a model, the clothes of a poet and the smile of your best friend. She wears a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/death-has-a-body-like-a-model-the-clothes-of-a-poet-and-the-smile-of/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/neil-gaiman-29_best-friend_death-has-a-body-like-a-model-the-clothe_2153555.jpg) > [“Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/nobody-looks-like-what-they-really-are-on-the-inside-you-don-t-i-don-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/neil-gaiman-29_adulthood_nobody-looks-like-what-they-really-are-o_3184698.jpg) ## Other authors on Long time ## 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/long-time/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "11 Long time Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Already it was beginning to feel like something that happened to somebody else, a long time ago.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-something-that-happened-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/neil-gaiman-29_long-time_already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-so_2994248.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/neil-gaiman-29_long-time_already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-so_2994248.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/neil-gaiman-29_long-time_already-it-was-beginning-to-feel-like-so_2994248.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Already it was beginning to feel like something that happened to somebody else, a long time ago.” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but not quite, forgotten how.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been-a-very-long-time-since-she/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been_759821.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been_759821.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/neil-gaiman-29_coraline_she-smiled-at-coraline-as-if-it-had-been_759821.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but not…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love to somebody you really liked a long time ago?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-precise-moment-when-you-realize/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/neil-gaiman-29_delirium_what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-prec_2311107.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/neil-gaiman-29_delirium_what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-prec_2311107.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/neil-gaiman-29_delirium_what-s-the-name-of-the-word-for-the-prec_2311107.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you realize that you've actually forgotten how it…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I noticed a long time ago that the Universe rewards belief systems. 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She wears a top hat for fun, her ankh necklace for power, and carries a big black umbrella for travelling to the 'sunless lands.' I wonder what she smells like? I'm sure it's fresh and clean and her laugh must be rinkly or maybe it's warm and chuckly, but whatever it is, Death laughs a lot. We talk about the 'miracle of birth' but what about the 'miracle of death'? We have the science of death pretty much figured out, but death's magic and inevitability have been feared and ignored for a long time now. 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Oh, monsters are scared,\" said Lettie. \"That's why they're monsters. And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, 'I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. 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