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The Wake
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"The Wake" Quotes

"The Wake" by Neil Gaiman is a poignant graphic novel that follows the mysterious disappearance of a young woman and the surreal journey of her family as they uncover secrets spanning generations and the boundaries between life and death.

Quotes

You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.

Neil Gaiman

self-acceptance

What's dead for you may not be dead for me.

Neil Gaiman

perspective

Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.

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stories

People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.

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dreamsreality

You don't have to stay anywhere forever.

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change

The only way to deal with death is to transform everything that precedes it into art.

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deathart

You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.

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selfchange

Sometimes you don't even know who you were until you're trying to figure out who you are.

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self-discovery

The world always seems so simple from up here.

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perspective

No one has the right to make you feel ashamed of anything, no matter what you've done.

Neil Gaiman

self-acceptance