Stories are in one way or another mirrors. We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it doesnโt work. Like mirrors stories prepare us for the day to come. They distract us from the things in darkness.
Neil GaimanWhen I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall. And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So I'd sidle over to the door and I'd pull it open.
Neil GaimanWhen you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.
Neil GaimanThe Time Lords really didn't like genocide. I'm not too keen on it myself. It's the potential you're killing off. What if, one day, there was a good Dalek? What if...
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