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It was then that Delirium noticed that she had absentmindedly transformed herself into a hundred and eleven perfect, tiny, multicolored fish. Each fish sang a different song. And as she put herself back together again, unable for the moment to remember whether the silver flecks went in the blue eye or the green one, she decided that a dog would be a nice thing to have. And then it occurred to her that there had been a dog around at some point, hadn't there? A nice doggie. And she went off to look for it, trailing occasional fish...
Neil Gaiman - The Sandman: The Kindly Ones


Dream: On reflection, while I cannot give you the thing itself, I could give you a dream of my love.
Nuala: I already have that, my lord.
Neil Gaiman - The Sandman: The Kindly Ones


Rose Walker: Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like "maybe we should just be friends" or "how very perceptive" turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart.
Neil Gaiman - The Sandman: The Kindly Ones


All around me darkness gathers,
Fading is the sun that shone;
We must speak of other matters:
You can be me when I'm gone.

Flowers gathered in the evening,
Afternoon they blossom on;
Still are withered by the evening:
You can be me when I'm gone.
Neil Gaiman - The Sandman: The Kindly Ones