“It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particularly long to learn that for yourself. There is a theory that, in the whole world, there are only five hundred real people (the cast, as it were; all the rest of the people in the world, the theory suggests, are extras) and what is more, they all know each other. And it’s true, or true as far as it goes. In reality the world is made of thousands upon thousands of groups of about five hundred people, all of whom will spend their lives bumping into each other, trying to avoid each other, and discovering each other in the same unlikely teashop in Vancouver. There is an unavoidability to this process. It’s not even coincidence. It’s just the way the world works, with no regard for individuals or for propriety.”
— Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys)

→ Sep 2 2011 / PERMALINK

“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?”
— Neil Gaiman (Coraline)

→ Jul 27 2011 / PERMALINK

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.”
— Neil Gaiman (The Sandman)

→ Mar 8 2011 / PERMALINK

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”
— Neil Gaiman

→ Mar 8 2011 / PERMALINK

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heydork: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

heydork:

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

→ Mar 1 2011 / PERMALINK

And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever.

-The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)

→ Feb 16 2011 / PERMALINK

→ Feb 9 2011 / PERMALINK

“He wondered how it could have taken him so long to realize he cared for her, and he told her so, and she called him an idiot, and he declared that it was the finest thing that ever a man had been called.”
— Stardust

→ Jan 4 2011 / PERMALINK

“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.”
— Neil Gaiman

→ Nov 17 2010 / PERMALINK

This is the second Neil Gaiman book I’ve read. All I can really say is, he doesn’t disappoint. I am glad I read this before Anansi Boys. Heh. You see I want to write a review about this book but I can’t because I’m no literary genius. I’m no critic. I read because I enjoy reading. I want to sound smart and point out flaws in the story but again, I can’t. Call me biased but I don’t believe there are any flaws. I love Shadow with all my heart. And yes, even Wednesday. I just I hope I know more about mythologies. I think I would have enjoyed it more. But then again, not knowing much about mythologies, especially Norse mythology, added suspense in reading. Heh. K. Can somebody please lend me P300 so I can buy Anansi Boys?

This is the second Neil Gaiman book I’ve read. All I can really say is, he doesn’t disappoint. I am glad I read this before Anansi Boys. Heh.

You see I want to write a review about this book but I can’t because I’m no literary genius. I’m no critic. I read because I enjoy reading. I want to sound smart and point out flaws in the story but again, I can’t. Call me biased but I don’t believe there are any flaws. I love Shadow with all my heart. And yes, even Wednesday.

I just I hope I know more about mythologies. I think I would have enjoyed it more. But then again, not knowing much about mythologies, especially Norse mythology, added suspense in reading. Heh.

K. Can somebody please lend me P300 so I can buy Anansi Boys?

→ Oct 24 2010 / PERMALINK