Odd and the Frost Giants Quotes

“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run and the world would wake into itself again.

Not that year.

Winter hung in there, like an invalid refusing to die. Day after grey day the ice stayed hard; the world remained unfriendly and cold.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Magic,' said Odd, and he smiled, and thought, if magic means letting things do what they wanted to do, or be what they wanted to be...”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“We weren't arguing,” said the bear. “Because we can't talk.” Then it said, “Oops.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“In winter the men would fight and fart and sing and sleep and wake and fight again, and the women would shake their heads and sew and knit and mend.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Odd pushed himself to keep walking, one step at a time, remembering back when he had walked with ease and never thought twice about the miracle of putting one foot in front of the other and pushing the world towards you.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Ah ... do Frost Giants eat people?'
There was a pause. The fox said, 'Occasionally,' at the same time as the bear said, 'Almost never.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Talk is free,” said Odd, “but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.” It was something his father used to say.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“It is never wise to refuse the gifts of the Gods.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Odd sighed. “Which one of you wants to explain what’s going on?” he said.
“Nothing’s going on,” said the fox brightly. “Just a few talking animals. Nothing to worry about. Happens every day. We’ll be out of your hair first thing in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“Talk is free, but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“I’m here to drive the Frost Giants from Asgard,” explained Odd. Then he smiled at the giant, a big, happy, irritating smile.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“If magic means letting things do what they wanted to do, or be what they wanted to be…”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“He doesn’t learn. None of them do. And they don’t change, either. They can’t. It’s all part of being a God.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants

“It’s something that happens when you have taken on animal form. Stay in it too long and you become what you pretend to be.”
― Neil Gaiman, Odd and the Frost Giants