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645dc06 God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who . god humor gaiman Terry Pratchett
59733f1 We are small but we are many We are many we are small We were here before you rose We will be here when you fall lyrics gaiman Neil Gaiman
0a30f6a I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped. gaiman neil Neil Gaiman
3c432b3 "Delirium: "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?" Dream: "There isn't one." Delirium: "Oh. I thought maybe there was." love sandman gaiman poignant Neil Gaiman
3923d29 For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them. death sandman gaiman postmodernism graphic-novel Neil Gaiman
4b7a4bb We have eyes and we have nerveses We have tails we have teeth You'll all get what you deserveses When we rise from underneath. lyrics gaiman Neil Gaiman
29924cf We have teeth and we have tails We have tails we have eyes We were here before you fell We will be here when you rise. lyrics gaiman Neil Gaiman
d914a5e It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you are. That's what it means to be an American. That's the miracle of America. Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent. freedom gaiman belief Neil Gaiman
dd7fcbe Change. Change. Change. Change ... change. Change. Chaaange. When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do. delirium gaiman postmodernism Neil Gaiman
b7f299f It was as if some people believed there was a divide between the books that you were permitted to enjoy and the books that were good for you, and I was expected to choose sides. We were all expected to choose sides. And I didn't believe it, and I still don't. I was, and still am, on the side of books you love. gaiman newbery-medal-acceptance-speech neil-gaiman the-graveyard-book Neil Gaiman
e849163 "Is there a word for forgetting the name of someone when you want to introduce them to someone else at the same time you realize you've forgotten the name of the person you're introducing them to as well?" "No." dream delirium sandman gaiman postmodernism Neil Gaiman
e98c763 "Fat Charlie went back to his hotel room, the colour of underwater, where his lime sat, like a small green Buddha, on the countertop. "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could." lime fat-charlie gaiman buddha green Neil Gaiman
dc27cda "Up the narrow stairs and into the kitchen. Rosie's mother looked around and made a face as if to indicate that it did not meet her standards of hygiene, containing as it did, edible foodstuffs. "Coffee? Water?" Don't say wax fruit. "Wax fruit?" Damn." wax-fruit rosie gaiman kitchen mother Neil Gaiman
8753a90 "Then she looked at the man on the tree and she smiled wryly. "They just aren't as interesting naked," she said. "It's the unwrapping that's half the fun. Like with gifts, and eggs." -- gaiman neil nudity eggs Neil Gaiman
cd35d5b Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds. bundle feuds rosie gaiman prejudices worries mother Neil Gaiman
f95af7c We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness. Gaiman, Neil gaiman Neil Gaiman