Yorkshires Of Blue Quotes & Sayings

My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me. — Sam Palladio

Enjoy life, because life is phenomenal! It's a magnificent trip! — Bob Proctor

Still. Four words.
And I didn't realize it until a couple of days ago, when someone wrote in to my blog:
Dear Neil,
If you could choose a quote - either by you or another author - to be inscribed on the wall of a public library children's area, what would it be?
Thanks!
Lynn
I pondered a bit. I'd said a lot about books and kids' reading over the years, and other people had said things pithier and wiser than I ever could. And then it hit me, and this is what I wrote:
I'm not sure I'd put a quote up, if it was me, and I had a library wall to deface. I think I'd just remind people of the power of stories, and why they exist in the first place. I'd put up the four words that anyone telling a story wants to hear. The ones that show that it's working, and that pages will be turned:
... and then what happened? — Neil Gaiman

The books I like the best are those
That give us more than what they say --
They simply open countless doors
Through which our thoughts can roam away. — Rebecca McCann

The pace of growth goes on increasing and in the end it escapes our control. — David Lagercrantz

Hello, Josie, they'd say with a half smile, followed by a sigh and sometimes a shake of the head. They acted like they felt sorry for me, but as soon as they were ten steps away, I'd hear one of the words, along with my mother's name. The wealthy women pretended it singed their tongue to say whore. They'd whisper it and raise their eyebrows. Then they'd fake an expression of shock, like the word itself had crawled into their pants with a case of the clap. They didn't need to feel sorry for me. I was nothing like Mother. — Ruta Sepetys

We believe one magnificent highway of this kind [the Lincoln Highway], in actual existence, will stimulate as nothing else could the building of enduring highways everywhere that will not only be a credit to the American people but that will also mean much to American agriculture and American commerce. — Carl G. Fisher

Theft of the Courtauld's signature — Daniel Silva

By government giveaway programs, individuals are often hurt far more than they are helped. The recipients of these programs become dependent on the government and their dignity is destroyed. Is it compassionate to enslave more and more people by making them a part of the government dependency cycle? I think compassion should be measured by how many people no longer need it. Helping people to become self-sufficient is much more compassionate than drugging them with the narcotic of welfare. — Rush Limbaugh

I've always been in this sort of perpetual state of existential longing. I feel like something's missing. — Juliana Hatfield

What emerges from the silence is the deafening sound of an old world disintegrating. — Marianne Williamson

My name is Gabriel. Should you ever need to, do not hesitate to call me. I am always available to listen, whatever the time. — Doreen Virtue