Say ‘Nevermore,’ “ said Shadow.“Fuck you,” said the raven.” Neil Gaiman, American Gods Wednesday Quotes: Writer’s Choice
Tag: Neil Gaiman
This Cat Very Much Has Its own Tongue
but does he also have mine? “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 Wednesday … Continue reading This Cat Very Much Has Its own Tongue
Omens Mostly Come in Packs
The novel Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, also seldom comes alone. I’ve got it as an audio book and I got it in electronic form and this is my fourth or fifth paperback version. Pratchett and Gaiman both or possibly one of them … Continue reading Omens Mostly Come in Packs
About Apples, and Snarks, and Stories
Then, Tell, since at a hundred yards thou canst Bring down the apple from the tree, thou shalt Approve they skill before me. Take they bow – Thou hast it there at hand – and make thee ready To shoot an apple from the stripling’s … Continue reading About Apples, and Snarks, and Stories
Purple Tears
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.
Alice Walker, The Colour Purple
Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.
Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Line
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So Catty
Yes, I enjoy a salad.
Henry our Cat
Yes, well, maybe I should be listening to somebody else instead:
“Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.”
Neil Gaiman, Stardust
Henry is having the last word.
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What Will the Future Hold?
“No one was badly hurt by the fire, but it went on for some hours, doing a fair amount of damage in the process.”
“The instigator of the fire lurked on a nearby hilltop and watched the blaze. He was tall, thin, and a Duke of Hell. It was the last thing that needed to be done before his return to the nether regions, and he had done it.”
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman: Good Omens
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When The Neighbour Is Away
the neighbour’s cat keeps watching us.
“He lurks under the bushes at the end of the garden. A shadowy figure, hunched and squat, an Olympic-grade lurker.”
with apologies to Mssrs Gaiman and Pratchett
A Car Named Dick Turpin
“because everywhere I go, I hold up traffic”
from Neil Gaiman / Terry Pratchett: Good Omens
WQW #32: Transportation: Cars or Trucks
Wow, Indeed!
“There’s one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.”
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman – Good Omens
And I guess that goes for sunsets, too.
This is for Paula’s new challenge: Words of Wisdom. Find a quote and illustrate it with a fitting photo. Why not join her?
