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#1

“Only bad books have good endings.
If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book Is Secret

tags: books

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#2

“If a dragon could come pick her up right now, that would be great. Perfect timing.”
― Claribel A. Ortega, Witchlings

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#3

“Aw, nuts, we killed it again," said Thorn.”
― Claribel A. Ortega, Witchlings

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#4

“Name the different kinds of people,鈥� said Miss Lupescu. 鈥楴ow.鈥�

Bod thought for a moment. 鈥楾he living,鈥� he said. 鈥楨r. The dead.鈥� He stopped. Then, 鈥�... Cats?鈥� he offered, uncertainly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: cats, challenge, dead, guess, humor, kinds, kinds-of-people, living, people

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#5

“The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words both sweet and sour with the same tongue.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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#6

“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. Mo was terrified, and now Nick was too. ”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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#7

“It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: newbery-medal-acceptance-speech

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#8

“Not gay, just never met the right woman.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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#9

“Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say they're scared for the fear to become real”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: fear

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#10

“Reading is important. Books are important. Librarians are important... Children's fiction is the most important fiction of all.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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#11

“Rattle his bones
over the stones
its only a pauper
who nobody owns”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: bones, gaiman, graveyard-book, neil, stones

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#12

“Bod quite liked crows. He thought they were funny and he liked the way they helped to keep the graveyard tidy.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

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#13

“You're weird,' she said. 'You don't have any friends.'
'I didn't come here for friends,' said Bod truthfully. "i came here to learn.'
Mo's nose twitched. "Do you know how weird that is?' she asked. "Nobody comes to school to learn. I mean, you come because you have to.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: school

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#14

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

tags: cats, death, life

3587 likes

#15

“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

tags: affection, atheism, cats, dogs, food, god, pets, religion, shelter, water

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#16

“I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: cats, chaos, cooperation, organization, persuasion, pets, willfullness

1425 likes

#17

“Curiosity killed the cat,鈥� Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? 鈥淧eople always forget the rest of the saying,鈥� she complained. 鈥溾€楢nd satisfaction brought it back.”
― Tamora Pierce , Trickster's Choice

tags: aly, cat, cats, curiosity, fesgao

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#18

“And how do you know that you're mad? "To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?" I suppose so, said Alice. "Well then," the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags it's tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice鈥檚 Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

tags: alice, cats, cheshire-cat, madness

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