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Neil Gaiman Quote

You’re going back? asked Bod. Things that had been immutable were changing. You’re really leaving? But. You’re my guardian. I was you’re guardian. But you are old enough to guard yourself. I have other things to protect.

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You’re going back? asked Bod. Things that had been immutable were changing. You’re really leaving? But. You’re my guardian. I was you’re guardian. But you are old enough to guard yourself. I have other things to protect.

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About Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and the novels Good Omens, Stardust, Anansi Boys, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He co-created the TV series adaptions of Good Omens and The Sandman.
Gaiman has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book (2008). In 2013, The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards. It was later adapted into a critically acclaimed stage play at the Royal National Theatre in London.