This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
Neil Gaiman
- More quotations by Author
Neil Gaiman quotes
Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a scythe and an hourglass and a big white horse and a penchant for playing chess with Scandinavians. Third, he doesn't exist either.
It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof.
We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.
Similiar authors
C. S. Lewis
Kate Chopin
John Dennis
Gunther Grass
Christopher Isherwood
Alberto Moravia
Thomas Love Peacock
Raymond Queneau
Carolyn Wells
Edith Wharton