The Sandman, Vol. 1 Quotes

“You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“CHORONZON: I am a dire wolf, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.

MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.

CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.

MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.

CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.

MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy-footed.

CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher bacterium, warm-life destroying.

MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life-nurturing.

CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.

MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.

CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?

MORPHEUS: I am hope.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“I think I’ll dismember the world and then I’ll dance in the wreckage.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“I am hope.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does ... Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the evil and the wicked. Or just anybody that I don't like.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“As I wouldn't wear a costume, I couldn't imagine him wanting to wear one. And seeing that the greater part of my wardrobe is black (It's a sensible colour. It goes with anything. Well, anything black)[...].”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“I only have two kinds of dreams: the bad and the terrible. Bad dreams I can cope with. They're just nightmares, and the end eventually. I wake up. The terrible dreams are the good dreams. In my terrible dreams, everything is fine. I am still with the company. I still look like me. None of the last five years ever happened. Sometimes I'm married. Once I even had kids. I even knew their names. Everything's wonderful and normal and fine. And then I wake up, and I'm still me. And I'm still here. And that is truly terrible.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

“You can know anything. It's all there. You just have to find it.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes