Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Coraline (2002)
Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see. Coraline (2002)
The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names. Coraline (2002)
We are small but we are many, we are many we are small; we were here before you rose, we will be here when you fall. Coraline (2002)
I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then? Coraline (2002)