Top 500 Neil Gaiman Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “I make things up and write them down.”

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402. “The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.”

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403. “I really like being able to laugh at my own jokes.”

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404. “And because nobody’s done it before, they haven’t made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.”

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405. “Jameson Irish whiskey: a twenty-dollar ticket out of this place.”

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406. “If you can’t be happy where you are, you can’t be happy anywhere.”

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407. “It’s not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers – we’re much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.”

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408. “Books are the way that the dead communicate with us. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, the way that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over.”

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409. “Are there any ponies in this?” asked my sister. “I thought there would be ponies by now.”

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410. “Erwachsene halten sich auf Wegen. Kinder gehen auf Kundschaft.”

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411. “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.”

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412. “The world is always ending, and the end is always being averted, by love or foolishness or just plain old dumb luck.”

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413. “Dahling, when God put teeth in your mouth, he ruined a perfectly good arsehole.”

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414. “You’re brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don’t care if you are imaginary.”

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415. “How would you feel about life if Death was your older sister?”

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416. “I think I’ve got Fear down, but how do I take it all the way up to Terror?”

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417. “He has two ravens, whom he calls Huginn and Muninn, which mean “thought” and “memory.” These birds fly back and forth across the world, seeking news and bringing Odin all the knowledge of things. They perch on his shoulders and whisper into his ears.”

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418. “Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody?”

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419. “You know I love you,? said the other mother flatly. ‘You have a very funny way of showing it,’ said Coraline.”

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420. “Face your life Its pain, its pleasure, Leave no path untaken” “Leave no path untaken,” repeated Bod. “A difficult challenge, but I can try my best.”

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421. “We often confuse what we wish for with what is.”

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422. “Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.”

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423. “Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.”

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424. “As sure as water’s wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.”

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425. “I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.”

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426. “I like airplanes. I like anywhere that isn’t a proper place. I like in betweens.”

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427. “For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.”

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428. “The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names.”

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429. “I can believe things that are true and things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they’re true or not.”

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430. “I am only alive when I perceive a challenge.”

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431. “Can’t make an omelette without killing a few people.”

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432. “Why are we talking about this good and evil? They’re just names for sides. We know that.”

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433. “After a while it sort of began to rain, which is to say that it was the kind of rain that never comes to a decision about whether it’s actually raining or not. Driving in it, you would never have been certain whether or not to turn on your wipers.”

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434. “I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.”

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435. “On the first day Coraline’s family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and they warned her to be sure she kept away from it. So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was, to keep away from it properly.”

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436. “A life that is, like any other, unlike any other.”

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437. “It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is.”

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438. “I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn’t mean anything? What then?”

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439. “Hell may have all the best composers, but heaven has all the best choreographers.”

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440. “I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn’t done it properly.”

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441. “I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don’t want to be sane.”

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442. “Does it make you feel big to make a little boy cry?”

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443. “I couldn’t get you to the ocean, but there was nothing stopping me bringing the ocean to you.”

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444. “I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality was a thin layer of icing on a great dark birthday cake writhing with grubs and nightmares and hunger.”

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445. “Small world,” said Coraline. “It’s big enough for her,” said the cat. “Spiders’ webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.”

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446. “Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say ’what kind of tea?”

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447. “In Jotunheim, the home of the giants, is Mimir’s well. It bubbles up from deep in the ground, and it feeds Yggdrasil, the world-tree. Mimir, the wise one, the guardian of memory, knows many things. His well is wisdom, and when the world was young he would drink every morning from the well, by dipping the horn known as the Gjallerhorn into the water and draining it.”

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448. “And the game begins anew.”

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449. “I came to the conclusion that in comedy, everybody gets what they need, whereas in horror, everybody gets what they deserve. I decided that at the end of the day, I was going to give everybody what they needed.”

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450. “There will be snow driving in from all directions, fierce winds, and cold colder than you have ever imagined cold could be, an icy cold so cold your lungs will ache when you breathe, so cold that the tears in your eyes will freeze. There will be no spring to relieve it, no summer, no autumn. Only winter, followed by winter, followed by winter.”

— Neil Gaiman