Quotes from The Sandman: Endless Nights

Neil Gaiman ·  160 pages

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“She decides to make a list of the things that make her happy. She writes 'plum-blossom' at the top of a piece of paper. Then she stares at the paper, unable to think of anything else. Eventually it begins to get dark.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“You hurt. It's okay. I hurt too. Hold my hand.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“To be Despair. It is a portrait. Only close your eyes and feel.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“He is holding a book.
Inside the book is the Universe.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights



“The people in the city seem paper thin in the mist. They believe they are dancing to the music of their lives... But I think, like the puppets, each of us is pulled upon invisible strings, until the night comes and we are put away. I shiver, and hurry from the square, as the darkness of the city closes over me like canal water or the grave.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“She sat by the side of the road, in the snow, all bodiless and afraid, waiting for the happiness to start.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“If you can't be happy where you are, you can't be happy anywhere”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“I you can't be happy where you are, you can't be happy anywhere.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


“The Gods did not count time spent fishing in the hours of a man's life.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights



“Oči má šedé. Vlasy má rozcuchané a mokré. Prsty má jako buřtíky. Nehty má pokousané a polámané. Zuby má křivé, rozeklané. Má prázdný pohled, a když jste jí poblíž, vzbuzuje ve vás pocit nepřítomnosti, který se nedá slovy vyjádřit. Jejím znakem je prsten s háčkem. Jednoho dne se vám ten háček zadře do srdce. Popsat ji znamená vyjádřit, co je a proč je: přijde, když naděje pomine. Je v tisících čekáren a prázdných ulicích, v budovách ze šedého betonu a v bezejmenných hotelech. Je na druhé straně každého zrcadla. když tě oči, které se na tebe dívají, znají až moc dobře. Stojí a čeká a v jejím postoji ti už bolest neříká, abys žil, a v její přítomnosti je radost nepředstavitelná.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from The Sandman: Endless Nights


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