He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.
Neil GaimanHe left the drapes open, watched the lights of the cars and of the fast food joints through the window glass, comforted to know there was another world out there, one he could walk to anytime he wanted.
Neil GaimanI was not happy as a child, although from time to time I was content. I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.
Neil GaimanWell-meaning adults can easily destroy a childโs love of reading: stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like, the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian โimprovingโ literature. Youโll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and worse, unpleasant.
Neil Gaiman