I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.— Neil Gaiman
Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it’s much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!— Neil Gaiman
You don’t pass or fail at being a person, dear.— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
