"I spoke to a woman I used to love today, in a cafe in the desert. “I thought I was your destination,” she told me."

— Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky; Neil Gaiman

(Source: travels-with-charley)

"My grandpa sells condoms to sailors
He punctures the tips with a pin.
My grandma does back-street abortions
My God how the money rolls in!"

— The Monarch of the Glen, Neil Gaiman

(Source: wellplacedstranger)

himmelsmechaniker: Neil Gaiman, Strange Little Girls
"We save our lives in such unlikely ways."

— Inventing Aladdin, Neil Gaiman

(Source: amateurfirefly)

"Of course, fairy tales are transmissible. You can catch them, or be infected by them. They are the currency that we share with those who walked the world before ever we were here."

— Fragile Things’ Introduction, Neil Gaiman

(via fuckyeahgaiman)

brianelig: I, Cthulhu TOR.com ilustration I did for Neil Gaiman story of same name
tumblingsusurrus: Hehe. I’m reading Neil Gaiman’s take on Sherlock Holmes, “A Study in Emerald.”
"The way I look at it, some people need love, and some don’t. I think Mr. Alice is really a bit of a don’t, all things considered. I’m a don’t as well. You learn to recognize this type."

— Keepsakes and Treasures, Neil Gaiman (via vtvo)

"Trust the wolves, but do not tell them where you are going."

— Instructions, Neil Gaiman

(Source: waitingforteaagain)

"She was called Victoria because she had beaten us in battle seven hundred years before, and she was called Gloriana, because she was glorious, and she was called the Queen, because the human mouth was not shaped to say her true name. she was huge, huger than I imagined possible, and she squatted in the shadows, staring at us without moving."

— A Study in Emerald, Neil Gaiman (via oneironautical)

(via oneironaught-deactivated2012030)

"I was never afraid of dead folk. You know that? They never hurt you. So many things in this town can hurt you, but the dead don’t hurt you. Living people hurt you. They hurt you so bad."

— Bitter Grounds, Neil Gaiman (via sanadamojo)

(Source: theseasonofmists)

"I thought I was your destination. Looks like I was just another stop on the line."

— Strange Little Girls, Neil Gaiman (via polajorge)

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A Study In Emerald

neil-gaiman:

A PDF file of a short story that won the Hugo Award. If you know anything about Sherlock Holmes or H. P. Lovecraft, you may enjoy this. If you don’t, it’ll probably be incomprehensible twaddle.

all my followers must read this! haha.

"‘It is escapism, true,’ he said aloud. ‘But is not the highest impulse in mankind the urge toward freedom, the drive to escape?’"

— Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in The Secret House of The Night of the Dread Desire, Neil Gaiman (via itseasyjusttolookaway)