Coraline and Other Stories Quotes

“I do believe," he said, scratching his dusty moustache, "that you are, if anything, getting worse. You are not Fading. You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a scarlet unicorn astride which was the King of England in his royal robes, I do believe that it is you and you alone that people would stare at, dismissing the others as minor irrelevancies.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline and Other Stories

“It won’t hurt,’ said her other father. Coraline knew that when grown-ups told you something wouldn’t hurt, it almost always did. She shook her head.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline and Other Stories

“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 and Other Stories