Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.
Neil GaimanIt's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is.
Neil GaimanLondon grew into something huge and contradictory. It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and a price that all good places have to pay.
Neil GaimanI am an academic," said Professor Mandalay, "and thus have no finely developed senses that would be comprehensible to anyone who has not ever needed to grade papers without actually reading the blessed things.
Neil GaimanWe'll win, of course," he said. "You don't want that," said the demon. "Why not, pray?โ โListen," said Crowley desperately, "how many musicians do you think your side have got, eh? First grade, I mean." Aziraphale looked taken aback. "Well, I should think-" he began. "Two," said Crowley. "Elgar and Liszt. That's all. We've got the rest. Beethoven, Brahms, all the Bachs, Mozart, the lot. Can you imagine eternity with Elgar?
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