"Neverwhere" Quotes

There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup; second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while Mr. Vandemar's eyes are brown; third, while Mr. Vandemar fashioned the rings he wears on his right hand out of the skulls of four ravens, Mr. Croup has no obvious jewelry; fourth, Mr. Croup likes words, while Mr. Vandemar is always hungry. Also, they look nothing at all alike.

Richard had become an anaesthetic from which she could no longer rouse herself. He was a painkiller, he was a drug. Numbing her, quieting her, tucking her away where she could not feel.

Richard was sitting in a small room in the British Museum. He was staring at a glass case. Inside the case, on a small velvet cushion, was a small ring. It was made of iron and had a simple design on it, like a letter M.

If you have to hurt someone, hurt them quickly - and once should be enough.

This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks.

A predator that knows it is a predator is no longer a predator.

I have the true key to the door; I am the way.

The sky was a beautiful, cloudless blue. The sun was shining. It was a beautiful day. It was the sort of day when people looked at the sky and the sun and remembered that all of this was possible.

The other side of the door is the part of London that you take with you.

She had the look of someone who could not be defeated.