--Coraline by Neil Gaiman
“They went into the kitchen. On a china plate on the kitchen table was a spool of black cotton, and a long silver needle, and, beside them, two large black buttons.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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“We…we could be friends, you know,” said Coraline. “We could be rare specimens of an exotic breed of African dancing elephants,” said the cat. “But we’re not. At least,” it added cattily, after darting a brief look at Coraline, “I’m not.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman “Then Coraline put her hand on the doorknob and turned it; and, finally, she opened the door. It opened on to a dark hallway. The bricks had gone as if they’d never been there. There was a cold, musty smell coming through the open doorway: it smelled like something very old and very slow.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman “In the mist, it was a ghost-world. In danger? Thought Coraline to herself. It sounded exciting. It didn’t sound like a bad thing. Not really.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman “She was sure that her mother had shut the door, but now it was ever so slightly open. Just a crack. Coraline went over to it and looked in. There was nothing there—just a wall, built of red bricks.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman “There was also a well. On the first day Coraline’s family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the well was, and they warned her to be sure she kept away from it. So Coraline set off to explore for it, so that she knew where it was, to keep away from it properly.”
--Coraline by Neil Gaiman "Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo."
-- Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman “Here we can keep you safe. How can we keep you safe, out there. Outside anything could happen.”
--The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman "Sleep my little babby-oh
sleep until you waken when you've grown you'll see the world If I'm not mistaken. Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, find your name and buried treasure face your life its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken." --The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead."
"Yes." Silas hesitated. "They are. And they are, for the most part, done with the world. You are not. You're *alive*, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. IF you change the world, the world will change. Potential. Once you're dead, it's gone. Over. You've made what you've made, dreamed your dream, written your name. You may be buried here, you may even walk. But that potential is finished." --The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman |