Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.

“The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't the…”

“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders int…”

“She hoped it wasn't a spider. Spiders made Coraline intensely uncomfortable.”

“For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive…”