“In a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you’ll never see again.”

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This reads as a blunt meditation on intimacy and the cost of giving yourself away. It can be taken to mean that physical closeness is never fully separate from feeling, and that repeated tenderness leaves its mark, especially in a relationship where someone wants sex without the vulnerability that often comes with it.

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About Neil Gaiman

English author, contemporary

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. He is known for works that move easily between page and screen, including The Sandman and novels such as Good Omens, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. His career spans comics, fiction, and adaptation work. Several of his stories were brought to the screen, including Coraline and American Gods, and he co-created the television versions of Good Omens and The Sandman. His writing ranges across fantasy, myth, and modern storytelling in different forms.

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Books by Neil Gaiman

Coraline

2008

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American Gods

2017

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Stardust

2007

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

2020

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Neverwhere

2016

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