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Neil Gaiman - NeverwhereRichard's journey to London Below

An act of kindness catapults Richard from his ordinary life into a subterranean world.

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"He was showing me locks. They all want to open, you know. You just have to know how to show them."

Door dreams of her father Lord Portico

  • "Not a hospital, please. They'll find me. Take me somewhere safe. Please."
  • "Turn right into Hanway Street, left into Hanway Place, then right into Orme Passage."
  • "You don't ask questions. You don't get answers. You don't stray from the path."
  • "Anaesthesia. This Upworlder needs to be taken to the Floating Market."
  • "Darkness is happening....Now is the time to be afraid of the dark."
  • "Oh my god. The Floating Market is in Harrods?"
  • "Temple and Arch - Richard? I don't believe it. What are you doing here?"
  • "Is this like, 'Earl's Court' isn't just a tube station?"
  • "Uh - There isn’t A British Museum station."
  • "A picture of an Angel. Somewhere in all these hundreds of pictures of angels."
  • "The wine ... is it me or is it ... glowing?"
  • "Halloooo? The party’s over. No-one here but us and the Angels."
  • "He was showing me locks. They all want to open, you know. You just have to know how to show them."
  • "Hold fast. Tell me your names, and your stations."
  • "No problem, traveller. But if you set foot on this bridge, you must accept the challenge."
  • "No I'm not. I'm you. Talking to yourself. You're sitting on Blackfriars station talking to yourself."
  • "That piece of string isn’t going to be safe."
  • "When you said the Floating Market was in Belfast. You meant this Belfast?"
  • "I don't belong in this world. But I have to go home. Back to my life."

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