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dolangueando's review
5.0
Algumas citações marcadas como spoiler, mas antes uma, muito especial, não marcada como spoiler:
George R.R. Martin is not your bitch. - pág.84
One may assume that there is a moral in there somewhere. - pág.29
The lost word hovered at the edge of his consciousness like a hole in a dictionary. - pág.32
But I’d look back, wouldn’t I? We all would. The ones who can’t look back, who can only stare into the sunrise ahead of them, stare into the glorious future, those people don’t get to visit Hell. - pág.50
I did not believe in witches, not in the daylight. Not really even at midnight. But on Halloween I believed in everything. - pág.52
“It’s a fairy tale,” I told him. “It’s like an ice cream. It’s to make you feel happy when you finish it.” - pág.69
much as someone accusing a Beatles song of being three minutes long and repeating itself in the choruses might have missed the point - pág.81
It’s a story about sexual awakenings, after all, and few of us wake exactly on our eighteenth birthdays (or whatever your local age of consent or representation happens to be). - pág.90
The Law is a blunt instrument. It’s not a scalpel. It’s a club. If there is something you consider indefensible, and there is something you consider defensible, and the same laws can take them both out, you are going to find yourself defending the indefensible. - pág.90
Because if you don’t stand up for the stuff you don’t like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you’ve already lost. - pág.95
the law is a big blunt instrument that makes no fine distinctions, and because you only realise how wonderful absolute freedom of speech is the day you lose it. - pág.95
In my experience, most interesting art gets made by people who don’t know the rules, and have no idea that certain things simply aren’t done: so they do them. Transgress. Break things. Have too much fun. - pág.97
Isaac Newton, even as he created the foundations of huge swatches of science, said that if he had seen a little further than most men, it was because he was standing on the shoulders of giants. - pág.98
George R.R. Martin is not your bitch. - pág.84
One may assume that there is a moral in there somewhere. - pág.29
The lost word hovered at the edge of his consciousness like a hole in a dictionary. - pág.32
But I’d look back, wouldn’t I? We all would. The ones who can’t look back, who can only stare into the sunrise ahead of them, stare into the glorious future, those people don’t get to visit Hell. - pág.50
I did not believe in witches, not in the daylight. Not really even at midnight. But on Halloween I believed in everything. - pág.52
“It’s a fairy tale,” I told him. “It’s like an ice cream. It’s to make you feel happy when you finish it.” - pág.69
much as someone accusing a Beatles song of being three minutes long and repeating itself in the choruses might have missed the point - pág.81
It’s a story about sexual awakenings, after all, and few of us wake exactly on our eighteenth birthdays (or whatever your local age of consent or representation happens to be). - pág.90
The Law is a blunt instrument. It’s not a scalpel. It’s a club. If there is something you consider indefensible, and there is something you consider defensible, and the same laws can take them both out, you are going to find yourself defending the indefensible. - pág.90
Because if you don’t stand up for the stuff you don’t like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you’ve already lost. - pág.95
the law is a big blunt instrument that makes no fine distinctions, and because you only realise how wonderful absolute freedom of speech is the day you lose it. - pág.95
In my experience, most interesting art gets made by people who don’t know the rules, and have no idea that certain things simply aren’t done: so they do them. Transgress. Break things. Have too much fun. - pág.97
Isaac Newton, even as he created the foundations of huge swatches of science, said that if he had seen a little further than most men, it was because he was standing on the shoulders of giants. - pág.98
thebookishbabbler's review
3.0
Actual rating 3.5
This is a collection of some of Gaiman's wackier stories, the ones that didn't quite fit. Unfortunately, while some of the stories were great the overall vibe of this collection was jumbled and disrupted. That aside this was fun and had some excellent Gaiman writing.
This is a collection of some of Gaiman's wackier stories, the ones that didn't quite fit. Unfortunately, while some of the stories were great the overall vibe of this collection was jumbled and disrupted. That aside this was fun and had some excellent Gaiman writing.
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