The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Because,' she said, 'when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You can't just boss bacteria around like that," said the younger Mrs. Hempstock. "They don't like it." "Stuff and silliness," said the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
All that I did," she said, "everything I tried to do. All for nothing." Nothing is done entirely for nothing, said the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Any way, death is so final, isn't it? "Is it?" asked Richard. "Sometimes," said the marquis de Carabas. And they went down. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
So you used to know everything?" She wrinkled her nose. "Everybody did. I told you. It's nothing special, knowing how things work.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
This is a roadside attraction,' said Wednesday. 'One of the finest. Which means it is a place of power. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
None of this is truly happening," he said to Shadow. He sounded miserable. "It's all in your head. Best not to think… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
He's out here, somewhere, and he wants you dead,' she said. 'Him as killed your family. Us in the graveyard, we wants… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You know what my mum once said?’ said Rosie… ‘She said that if a just-married couple put a coin in a jar… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You play your cards so close to your chest," said Shadow, "that I'm not even sure they're really cards at all. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It's quiet. No cars. No birds. Nothing.' 'No radio waves,' said the Doctor. 'Not even Radio Four.' 'You can hear radio waves?'… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Bod said, 'I want to see life. I want to hold it in my hands. I want to leave a footprint on… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Children, as I have said, use back ways and hidden paths, while adults take roads and official paths. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It is said that scattered through Despair's domain are a multitude of tiny windows, hanging in the void. Each window looks out… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I have no plans to love you," said Coraline. "No matter what. You can't make me love you. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said. "Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats." Anaesthesia looked relieved. "Thigh?" she asked,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I miss you', he admitted. 'I'm here', she said. 'That's when I miss you most. When you're here. When you aren't here,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Soon,” said the crackling voice of the flame, coming from behind him, “they will fall. Soon they will fall and the star… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The cat looked as if it were about to say something sarcastic. Then it flicked its whiskers and said, "Challenge her. There's… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If ever you get to be my age," said the old woman, "you will know all there is to know about regrets,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?' 'Cats don't have names,' it said. 'No?' said Coraline. 'No,' said… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“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… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“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,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“[T]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
