

“I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to 'make them alive'…but I'm just a fucked up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.”
― Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script
― Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

“In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth

“When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn't make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still walking. When we hold each other we feel not safe, but better. "It's all right" we whisper, "I'm here, I love you." and we lie: "I'll never leave you." For just a moment or two the darkness doesn't seem so bad.”
― Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days
― Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days

“You don't have favourites among your children, but you do have allies. ”
― On Beauty
― On Beauty

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
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