"What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul."
                
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            Neil Gaiman, American Gods
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Quotes by Neil Gaiman, American Gods
"Hey,"said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes."Say 'Nevermore,'"said Shadow."Fuck you,"said the raven."
"It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us,"said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you."
"I don't know much more than I did when I was alive. Most of the stuff I know now that I didn't know then I can't put into words."
"Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead"
"I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it."
"The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies."
"So,"he asked. "How's death?""Hard,"she said. "It just keeps going."
"Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead"
"That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones."