The Gods We Prayed To When We Were Young Used Up Their Time So Long Ago. They Cannot Answer Anymore.

The gods we prayed to when we were young used up their time so long ago. They cannot answer anymore.

The Sandman: The Kindly Ones Neil Gaiman

When you dream, sometimes you remember. When you wake, you always forget.

The Sandman: Brief Lives Neil Gaiman

Life is too short for chess.

Henry James Byron

When a world ends, there's always something left over. A story, perhaps, or a vision, or a hope.

The Sandman: World's End Neil Gaiman

They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to. This book is dedicated to those fine men.

Guards! Guards!; Terry Pratchett

But of course! Nothing says "romance" like the gift of a kidnapped injured woman!

Yvaine; Stardust