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

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It o…”

“They could not truly look dead, because they did not ever look alive.”

“I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, the're alwa…”

“There was a smile dancing on his lips, although it was a wary smile, for the wo…”