Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"Oh ... My twitchy witchy girl I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge And I give you bowls of ice-cream."
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"Oh ... My twitchy witchy girl I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge And I give you bowls of ice-cream."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"We have teeth and we have tails We have tails we have eyes We were here before you fell We will be here when you rise."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"We have eyes and we have nerveses We have tails we have teeth You'll all get what you deserveses When we rise from underneath."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"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"
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"Frogs, ducks, rhinos, octopuses – whatever you desire. The world will be built new for you every morning. If you stay here, you can have whatever you want.’ Coraline sighed. ‘You really don’t understand, do you?’ she said. ‘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?"
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"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?"
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"I'm bored," she said."Learn how to tap-dance," he suggested, without turning around."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"CORALINE'S STORYTHERE WAS A GIRL HER NAME WAS APPLE. SHE USED TO DANCE A LOT. SHE DANCED AND DANCED UNTIL HER FEET TURND INTO SOSSAJES. THE END."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly."Would you like one" she asked the little dog."Yes, please," whispered the dog. "Only not toffee ones. They make me drool."I thought chocolates weren't very good for dogs," she said, remembering something Miss Forcible had once told her."Maybe where you come from," whispered the little dog. "Here, it's all we eat."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"There are those who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one..."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"The cat dropped the rat between its two front paws. "There are those," it said with a sigh, in tones as smooth as oiled silk, "who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one - after all, it permits the occasional funny little running snack to escape, from time to time. How often does your dinner get to escape?"
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"The cat wrinkled its nose and managed to look unimpressed. "Calling cats," it confided, "tends to be a rather overrated activity. Might as well call a whirlwind."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay''Cats don't have names,' it said.'No' said Coraline.'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were there, when he was really scared. That was brave.’ ‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Coraline to the cat. ‘It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back again to get his glasses, when he knew the wasps were there, when he was really scared. That was brave.’"‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave"
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"She looked at the girl in the mirror and the girl in the mirror looked back at her. I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"Because," she said, "when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
"She became certain that there was something in the dark behind her: something very old and very slow. Her heart beat so hard and so loudly she was scared it would burst out of her chest."
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
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