--- title: "8 One day Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "8 One day quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more One day sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/neil-gaiman-29_daleks_the-time-lords-really-didn-t-like-genoci_802286.jpg" --- > [The Time Lords really didn't like genocide. I'm not too keen on it myself. It's the potential you're killing off. What if,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-time-lords-really-didn-t-like-genocide-i-m-not-too-keen-on-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/neil-gaiman-29_daleks_the-time-lords-really-didn-t-like-genoci_802286.jpg) > [Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...you give them a piece of you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/then-one-stupid-person-no-different-from-any-other-stupid-person/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/neil-gaiman-29_different_then-one-stupid-person-no-different-from_1153143.jpg) > [The end of the story of Batman is he's dead. Because, in the end, the Batman dies. What else am I going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-end-of-the-story-of-batman-is-he-s-dead-because-in-the-end-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/neil-gaiman-29_ends_the-end-of-the-story-of-batman-is-he-s-d_1941707.jpg) > [Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/everybody-going-to-be-dead-one-day-just-give-them-time/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/neil-gaiman-29_death_everybody-going-to-be-dead-one-day-just_2106170.jpg) > [It doth not hurt", whispered a faint voice, "She will take you life and all you are and all you care'st for,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-doth-not-hurt-whispered-a-faint-voice-she-will-take-you-life-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/neil-gaiman-29_care_it-doth-not-hurt-whispered-a-faint-voice_2142819.jpg) > [You got to understand the god thing. It’s not magic. It’s about being you, but the you that people believe in. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-got-to-understand-the-god-thing-it-s-not-magic-it-s-about-being/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/neil-gaiman-29_becoming_you-got-to-understand-the-god-thing-it-s_2365037.jpg) > [Death’s a funny thing. I used to think it was a big, sudden thing, like a huge owl that would swoop down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/death-s-a-funny-thing-i-used-to-think-it-was-a-big-sudden-thing-like/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/neil-gaiman-29_bigs_death-s-a-funny-thing-i-used-to-think-it_2444677.jpg) > [She's not dead. You didn't kill her, nor did the hunger birds, although they did their best to get to you through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-s-not-dead-you-didn-t-kill-her-nor-did-the-hunger-birds-although/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/neil-gaiman-29_belly_she-s-not-dead-you-didn-t-kill-her-nor-d_3186210.jpg) ## Other authors on One day ## 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/one-day/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "8 One day Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Time Lords really didn't like genocide. I'm not too keen on it myself. It's the potential you're killing off. What if, one day, there was a good Dalek? 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