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I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. i said it was a dream, and he agreed, but said it was the desert's dream not his. and he told me that in a year or so, when he had aged enough for any man, then he would walk into the wind, until he saw the tents. this time, he said, he would go on with them.

-Neil Gaiman

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I Asked Him If It Were A

Neil Gaiman

I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. i said it was a dream, and he agreed, but said it was the desert's dream not his. and he told me that in a year or so, when he had aged enough for any man, then he would walk into the wind, until he saw the tents. this time, he said, he would go on with them.

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I have drawn people's attention to the fact that art is a mirage. a mirage, just like the oasis that appears in the desert. it is very beautiful, until the moment when you die of thirst, obviously. but we do not die of thirst in the field of art. the mirage has substance.

Knock! knock! who's there? me! me who? that's right? what's right? meehoo! that's what i want to know! what's what you want to know? me who? yes, exactly! exactly what? yes, i have exactlywatt on a chain! exactly what on a chain? yes! yes what? no, exactlywatt! that's what i want to know! i told you-exactlywatt! exactly what? yes! yes what? yes it's with me. what's with you? exactlywatt-that's what with me. me who? yes! go away! knock knock...

She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “i had to tell her she would die. her social worker said i had to tell her. i had to tell her she would die, so i told her she was going to heaven. she asked if i would be there, and i said that i would not, not yet. but eventually, she said, and i promised that yes, of course, very soon. and i told her that in the meantime we had great family up there that would take care of her. and she asked me when i would be there, and i told her soon. twenty-two years ago.

And then i asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would i yes and his heart was going like mad and yes i said yes i will yes.

She asked me what was wrong, and i told her i had to end it. she was surprised, and asked my why i thought so. i told her it wasn't a thought, more a feeling, like i couldn't breathe and knew i had to get some air. it was a survival instinct, i told her. she said it was time for dinner. then she sat me down and told me not to worry. she said moments like this were like waking up in the middle of the night: you're scared, your'e disoriented, and you're completely convinced you're right. but then you stay awake a little longer and you realize things aren't as fearful as they seem.

You still think i've gone cracked in the head," ben said, amused. "listen, if tomorrow we pulled into biren and someone told you there were shamble-men in the woods, would you believe them?" my father shook his head. "what if two people told you?" another shake. ben leaned forward on his stump. "what if a dozen people told you, with perfect earnestness, that shamble-men were out in the fields, eating-" "of course i wouldn't believe them," my father said, irritated. "it's ridiculous." "of course it is," ben agreed, raising a finger. "but the real question is this: would you go into the woods?

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