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“People think it's how hard you kick that hurts,' Mr Vandemar's voice was saying. 'But it's not how hard you kick. It's where.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup; second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while Mr. Vandemar's eyes are brown; third, while Mr. Vandemar fashioned the rings he wears on his right hand out of the skulls of four ravens, Mr. Croup has no obvious jewelery; fourth, Mr. Croup likes words, while Mr. Vandemar is always hungry. Also, they look nothing at all alike.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“He had gone beyond the world of metaphor & simile into the place of things that are, and it was changing him.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“Can't make an omelette without killing a few people.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“You must never imagine, that just because something is funny, it is not also dangerous.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“You need them both, Thatcher. Talent and discipline. One without the other is useless.”
― Bruce Coville, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

“Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me."

Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“Life is not notable for its overabundance of certainty.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Isana felt her throat tighten.
"We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly.
"We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.”
― Jim Butcher, Academ's Fury

“Ambitions are incompatible with consciences, you know. The two strangle one another straightaway and leave an awful mess behind them.”
― Jim Butcher, Academ's Fury

“You are different. That does not make you less.”
― Jim Butcher, Academ's Fury

“Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

“All things want to open. You must feel
that need, and use it...
And then, suddenly, she understands, and,
somewhere in her heart, she lets it be what it wants to be...and it opens.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere