Neil Gaiman – Sandman. Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
[257x400]From the dark they call you... Into the dark they call you.
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Beyond, outside my dreamworld there is infinite dust, infinite dark. And the dreamworld is infinite, althought is bounded on every side.
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I don't want to die. I don't want to fall. I tell myself, it's not the fall, falling doesn't hurt... It's when you stop.
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Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does... Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.
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– You have no power here–what power have dreams in hell?
– You say I have no power? Perhaps you speak truly... But–you say that dreams have no pover here? Tell me, Lucifer Morningstar... Ask yourselves, all of you... What power would hell have if those imprisoned were not able to dream of heaven?
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– Hello, miss. I would like a cup of coffee, while I wait.
– Sure, hon. That'll be fifty cents. Uh... What are you waiting for?
– Oh, you know. The usual. The end of the world.
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All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realised the real problem with stories–if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.
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How would you feel about life if Death was your older sister?