American Gods Quotes - Page 2

• None so blind as those who won't see.

  John Heywood

  Vision, Blind, Stubbornness

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• And I thought, eight years ago, when I began carefully charting the progress of American Gods, nervously dipping my toes into the waters of blogging, would I have imagined a future in which, instead of recording the vicissitudes of bringing a book into the world, I would be writing about not-even-interestingly missing cups of cold camomile tea? And I thought, yup. Sounds about right. Happy Eighth birthday, blog.

  Neil Gaiman

  Book, Writing, Eight

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• With American Gods I was trying very, very consciously - there was a level at which it was a little like trying to write a novel in French - you know, "this novel is to be written in American."

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Trying, Novel

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• One thing that I get from a lot of people with American Gods is people saying that they would love some kind of glossary with a list of all the Gods and who they are, so that they can look them up.

  Neil Gaiman

  People, Looks, Lists

  "Neil Gaiman Talks AMERICAN GODS, DOCTOR WHO, Writing a Musical, Ray Bradbury, China and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 30, 2011.

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• Every hour wounds. The last one kills.

  Neil Gaiman

  Lasts, Hours, Wounds

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.49, Hachette UK

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• We build a shell around it, like an oyster dealing with a painful particle of grit, coating it with smooth pearl layers in order to cope. This is how we walk and talk and function , day in, day out. Immune to others’ pain and loss.

  Neil Gaiman

  Pain, Loss, Order

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• I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998 American Godzilla film, Hollywood didn't understand what Godzilla was.

  Brad Warner

  Blow, Scary, Buttons

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• So that's Godzilla, he's ultimately going to get you regardless of what you do. Maybe the people who made the American Godzilla film were scared of that. They didn't want him to represent that, to represent something we couldn't deal with because, "We're American's, we can deal with anything".

  Brad Warner

  People, Want, Scared

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• None so blind as those who will not see.

  Matthew Henry

  Vegan, Blind, Stubbornness

  Matthew Henry (2010). “The New Matthew Henry Commentary: The Classic Work with Updated Language”, p.3624, Zondervan

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• The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

  Neil Gaiman

  Sweet, Long, House

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• There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.

  Neil Gaiman

  War, Believe, Humility

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.157, Hachette UK

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• I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.

  Neil Gaiman

  Believe, Boys, Men

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.255, Hachette UK

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• 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.

  Neil Gaiman

  Lying, Believe, Games

  "American Gods". Book by Neil Gaiman. Chapter 13, 2001.

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• I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies.

  Neil Gaiman

  Honesty, Lying, Believe

  Neil Gaiman (2011). “American Gods”, p.256, Hachette UK

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• Life's what happens when you're making other plans.

  John Lennon

  Background Noise, Parenthood, Busy

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• I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set the universe in motion and went off to hang with her girlfriends and doesn't even know that I'm alive. I believe in an empty and godless universe of causal chaos, background noise, and sheer blind luck... 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.

  Neil Gaiman

  Girlfriend, Lying, Believe

  "American Gods". Book by Neil Gaiman. Chapter 13, 2001.

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• Lives are snowflakes - unique in detail, forming patterns we have seen before, but as like one another as peas in a pod (and have you ever looked at peas in a pod? I mean, really looked at them? There's not a chance you'd mistake one for another, after a minute's close inspection.)

  Neil Gaiman

  Life, Mistake, Mean

  "American Gods". Book by Neil Gaiman, June 19, 2001.

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• I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars.

  Neil Gaiman

  Stars, Lying, Believe

  "American Gods". Book by Neil Gaiman, 2001.

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• There's none so blind as those who will not listen.

  Neil Gaiman

  Blind, Stubbornness

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