"Why should it be so strange that the beast have a mother? So many of us have mothers. Go back fifty years, everyone had a mother."
— Bay Wolf, Neil Gaiman
"When the thing came through the door, Peter started screaming, but he really didn’t scream for very long."
— We Can Get Them For You Wholesale, Neil Gaiman
"Colors seemed brighter because Becky was there. I began to notice parts of my life I had never seen before: I saw the elegant intricacy of flowers, because Becky loved flowers; I became a fan of silent movies, because Becky loved silent movies, and I watched Thief of Baghdad and Sherlock Junior over and over; I began to accumulate CDs and tapes because Becky loved music, and I loved her, and I loved to love what she loved. I had never heard music before; never understood the black-and-white grace of a silent clown before; never touched or smelled or properly looked at a flower before I met her."
— How Do You Think It Feels, Neil Gaiman (via pistachiopistachio)
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"The feeling that we have for the Name, for our Creator—that is Love amongst other things. Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure."
— Murder Mysteries, Neil Gaiman (via yourunlikelyhero)
"I feel dirty. I feel tarnished. I feel befouled. Perhaps it is true that all that happens is in accordance with Your will, and thus it is good. But sometimes You leave blood on Your instruments."
— Murder Mysteries, Neil Gaiman
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"I like to think of this story as a virus. Once you’ve read it, you may never be able to read the original story in the same way again."
— Neil Gaiman on Snow, Glass, Apples (via h2mjh)
"I want her so much it makes me hurt sometimes. That’s when I take down the photographs of her, and just look at them for a while, wondering why I didn’t try to touch her, why I wouldn’t really even speak to her when she was there, and never coming up with an answer that I could understand. That’s why I’ve written this all down, I suppose."
— Looking for the Girl, Neil Gaiman (via adropofred)
