Coraline knew that when grown-ups told you something wouldn’t hurt it almost always did.

“Shadow felt deeply uncomfortable: it was like watching an old wolf stalking a f…”

“It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction sa…”

“What's it like then?" asked Old Bailey. "Being dead?" The marquis sighed. And t…”

“I move from dreamer to dreamer, from dream to dream, hunting for what I need. S…”