"I'd rather be building a flying pirate ship."

A carpenter thanks Neil Gaiman. (scroll to the last bit of bold text). I suspect this is the sort of thing that makes Mr. Gaiman smile, and possibly a little teary.

strange bedfellows

Iain Banks (The Steep Approach To Garbdale) and C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves) write almost identically on the subject of being in love with being in love.