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Coraline Quotes
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
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
We have eyes and we have nervesesWe have tails we have teethYou’ll all get what you deservesesWhen we rise from underneath.
— 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
Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky.
— 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
Coraline tried drawing the mist. After ten minutes of drawing she still had a white sheet of paper with “MIST” written on it one corner in slightly wiggly letters. She grunted and passed it to her mother.”Mm. Very modern, dear, ” said Coraline’s mother.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
We are small but we are manyWe are many we are smallWe were here before you roseWe will be here when you fall
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave.
— 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
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
Because, ” she said, “when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.
— Neil Gaiman, 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
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.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
I’m not much of a challenge here in the dark.
— 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
We have teeth and we have tailsWe have tails we have eyesWe were here before you fellWe will be here when you rise.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
I’m bored, ” she said.”Learn how to tap-dance, ” he suggested, without turning around.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
How do I know you’ll keep your word?” asked Coraline.”I swear it, ” said the other mother. “I swear it on my own mother’s grave.””Does she have a grave?” asked Coraline.”Oh yes, ” said the other mother. “I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
They weren’t making much sense; she decided they were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses, but which can go on for ever, if both parties are willing.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
We…we could be friends.’We COULD be rare specimens of an exotic breed of dancing African elephants, but we’re not. At least, I’M not.
— 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
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
You know I love you, ‘ said the other mother flatly.’You have a very funny way of showing it, ‘ said Coraline.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
But how can you walk away from something and still come back to it?””Easy, ” said the cat. “Think of somebody walking around the world. You start out walking away from something and end up coming back to it.””Small world, ” said Coraline.”It’s big enough for her, ” said the cat. “Spider’s webs only have to be large enough to catch flies.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Mirrors, ‘ she said, ‘are never to be trusted.
— 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
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
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
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
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
The world seemed to shimmer a little at the edges.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted?
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
It doth not hurt”, whispered a faint voice, “She will take you life and all you are and all you care’st for, and she will leave you with nothing but mist and fog. She’ll take your joy. And one day you’ll wake and your heart and soul will have gone. A husk you’ll be, a wisp you’ll be, and a thing no more than a dream on waking, or a memory of something forgotten.
— Neil Gaiman, Coraline
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