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Si quieren conocer al autor, tienen que leer este libro... nunca pensé decir esto pero ESTÁ LOGRANDO A QUE QUIERA LEER TODOS SUS LIBROS. TODOS.

Hace mucho que no me pasaba de estar resaltando frases en cada página. Esto se puso muy interesante de entrada :O

it was nice. a book that's not meant to finish in one sitting but something that could be read every now and then.

這本書就是這樣的。很獨特，很像冰淇淋，讓人們快樂。

——《從邊緣到大師》
Readmoo讀墨電子書

看到這句話，我就放下閱讀器進來Goodreads然後把”The 13 Clocks”加入待讀清單。蓋曼大好可怕ㄉ推坑力

不曉得為什麼順順的看著蓋曼的文章，會有種蓋曼不只是分享想法給觀眾，同時也在跟自己對話。而且坦蕩蕩的態度令人崇拜。當然推坑能力不在話下（放棄註記）

　　「我不希望自己聽起來走心靈雞湯路線。「做你自己，盡力展現出最好的自己。」但這點真的很重要。這是我們在最初最容易失去的東西。因為我們從很小的時候就在漫畫圈中，但是，做為一個藝術家或作家，我們不知道自己是誰，或是不知道自己的聲音是什麼樣。」

It’s taking sooooo long. Only 1.5 hours left and I’m still waiting to get pulled in.

讀到這段時，真的很想跟蓋曼擊掌。就沒意見但就有點難過，心有戚戚焉。

「我對宗教是沒意見，也對小說裡的宗教沒意見──我有買《魔鬼家書》（在學校書店購得），也很喜歡這本書，而且我也迷上Ｇ．Ｋ．卻斯特頓。我想，讓我難過的地方在於，這讓納尼亞在我心中變得沒那麼了不起，也沒那麼有趣，這個世界不那麼迷人了。」

Go read a copy of Neil’s “Make Good Art” commencement address he gave in 2012. It’s beautiful.

但如果一个人只能阅读和自己的观点完全相同的作家，这种世界好像有点惨。如果我们不愿意花时间去认识想法不同的人、从不同角度看待世界的人，那么世界会变得乏味。

我还知道，最坚持享有VIP待遇的人，或者什么事都闹出点动静的人——就是那种真的会说出“你知道我是谁吗？”这种话的人—一只是第二层次的人才，是尚未成功，也永远不会成功的人。

我很早就知道，达到职业顶峰的大多数人——这里我说的不只是漫画，我说的是所有事情——都是最友善的人，容易打交道，没有什么架子。

好的科幻作品最重要的东西，那种让科幻延续下来的东西，是它为我们讲述现在的方式。它现在告诉我们什么？更重要的，它会一直告诉我们的是什么？

These essays feel just like a "small" dose of happiness at the end of the day. No pressure on myself for "more knowledge" but always keep me turning the pages.
To be honest, it's a long time since I last experienced the lightheartedness in reading, and also a "small" hope that it wouldn't end.
Cheers to a whole new week.

"There is room for things to mean more than they literally mean"

“成长为公民，”他提醒我们，“是要知道，有些观点、有些词语、有些图像可能令人震惊。震惊是民主辩论的一部分，而枪击则不是。”

“我希望我们可以给孩子这样一个世界：他们可以阅读，也有人为他们阅读；他们可以想象，也可以理解。”

"Do not give us gifts. Give us the tale that accompanies the gift."

"Most of us only find our own voices after we've sounded like a lot of other people."

"I was too old for music to matter. I was 28." Neil Gaiman, The View from the Cheap Seats

Joseph "Steinmeyer's combination of enthusiasm and erudition is a joy."

"One of the functions of science fiction is to prepare us for change." Neil Gaiman, The View from the Cheap Seats

"There is a teacher's eye in many of these stories, especially the way the stories are told." Neil Gaiman on an early inspiration for his work in comics

"The shape of the world, the way I perceive reality, exists only because of Doctor Who."

"Behind every Chesterton sentence, there was someone painting with words." Neil Galiman

"There's a brotherhood of people who read and who care about books." Neil Galiman

"Sometimes fiction is a way of coping with the poison of the world in a way that lets us survive it."

"Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate fairy fruit, you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in. And discontent is a good thing: people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different, if they're discontented." on reading

"I believe that it is difficult to kill an idea because ideas are invisible and contagious, and they moved fast." Neal Gaiman in his essay "Credo"

Most relevant new information learned: Stephen King has a giant pet tortoise in his back garden. I approve.

(on Terry Pratchett) "He is that rare kind of writer who actually likes writing - not having written, not being a writer, but the actual process of putting down the words."