The coal shed smelled of damp and blackness and of old, crushed forests.

“Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose betwee…”

“It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.”

“I have no plans to love you," said Coraline. "No matter what. You can't make me…”

“As a child, Richard had had nightmares in which he simply wasn't there, in whic…”