Neil Gaiman - 7 ebooks

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There are four simple ways for the observant to tell Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar apart: first, Mr. Vandemar is two and a half heads taller than Mr. Croup; second, Mr. Croup has eyes of a faded china blue, while Mr. Vandemar's eyes are brown; third, while Mr. Vandemar fashioned the rings he wears on his right hand out of the skulls of four ravens, Mr. Croup has no obvious jewelery; fourth, Mr. Croup likes words, while Mr. Vandemar is always hungry. Also, they look nothing at all alike.
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere

Richard had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at on
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Neil Gaiman & Terry Prattchet
Good Omens

Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine
1) didn't work,
2) didn't do what the expensive advertisement said,
3) electrocuted the immediate neighbourhood,
4) and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it,
this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches.
Crowley [the demon] had been extremely impressed with the warranties offered by the computer industry, and had in fact sent a bundle Below to the department that drew up the Immortal Soul agreements, with a yellow memo form attached just saying: 'Learn, guys'.
Neil Gaiman & Terry Prattchet
Good Omens

• Neil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_gaiman
• Neverwhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere
• Stardust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_%28book%29
• American Gods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods
• Anansi Boys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi_Boys
• Good Omens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens
• Coraline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline