Ocean At The End Of The Lane Quotes

“I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just were.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“I said, "Who are you really? Why are you giving people money?"
"Everybody wants money," she said, as if it were self-evident. "It makes them happy. It will make you happy, if you let it." We had come out by the heap of grass clippings, behind the circle of green grass that we called the fairy ring: sometimes, when the weather was wet, it filled with vivid yellow toadstools.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“It did not matter, at that moment, that she was every monster, every witch, every nightmare made flesh. She was also an adult, and when adults fight children, adults always win.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Djetinjstvo mi ne nedostaje, ali nedostaje mi ona sposobnost uživanja u malim stvarima, čak i dok se veće stvari urušavaju. Nisam imao nikakvu moć nad svijetom koji sam nastanjivao, nisam se mogao maknuti od stvari i ljudi i trenutaka koji su me boljeli, ali pronalazio sam radost u stvarima koje su me usrećivale.”
― Neil Gaiman