55 Deep Neil Gaiman Quotes That'll Help You Through Your Existential Crisis

“It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do not climb, you will not fall. This is true. But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall?”

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“Life is life, and it is infinitely better than the alternative, or so we presume, for nobody returns to dispute it.”

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“He wondered whether home was a thing that happened to a place after a while, or if it was something that you found in the end, if you simply walked and waited and willed it long enough.”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“'Not only are there no happy endings,' she told him, 'there aren't even any endings.'”

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“Always worth it to have tried, even if you fail, even if you fall like a meteor forever. Better to have flamed in the darkness, to have inspired others, to have lived, than to have sat in the darkness, cursing the people who borrowed, but did not return, your candle.”

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“The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”

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“Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.”

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“I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear. Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.”

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“Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?”

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“You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you can change the world, the world will change. Potential. Once you're dead, it's gone. Over. You've made what you've made, dreamed your dream, written your name. You may be buried here…”

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“Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real.”

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“Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time.”

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“It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.”

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“We are all wearing masks. That is what makes us interesting.”

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“You never forget. It must be somewhere inside you. Even if the brain has forgotten, perhaps the teeth remember. Or the fingers.”

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“That's the trouble with living things. Don't last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.”

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“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.”

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“There's none so blind as those who will not listen.”

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“I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

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“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”

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

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“When angels go bad they are worse than anyone else. Remember Lucifer used to be an angel.”

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“You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen”

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“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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“Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn't make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still walking. When we hold each other we feel not safe, but better. 'It's all right' we whisper, 'I'm here, I love you.' and we lie: 'I'll never leave you.' For just a…”

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“When you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.”

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“You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.”

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“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.”

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“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com