# Quote — Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

> It is not the end. There is no end. It is simply the end of the old times, Loki, and the beginning of the new times. Rebirth always follows death. You have failed.

- Author: [Neil Gaiman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman.md)
- Book: [Norse Mythology](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/norse-mythology.md)
- Page: 278
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman#Norse_Mythology_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/norse-mythology/it-is-not

## More from this book

> Nothing will remain of the armies of the living and of the dead, of the dreams of the gods and the bravery of their warriors, nothing but ash.
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> Soon after, the swollen ocean will swallow the ashes as it washes across all the land, and everything living will be forgotten under the sunless sky.
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> That is how the worlds will end, in ash and flood, in darkness and in ice. That is the final destiny of the gods.

p. 279 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/norse-mythology/nothing-will-remain.md)

> I am grim of mind and wrathful of spirit and I have no desire to be nice to anyone.

p. 216 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/norse-mythology/i-am-grim.md)

> Even the gods cannot change destiny.

p. 234 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/norse-mythology/even-the-gods.md)