The thing was white, and huge, and swollen. Monstrous, thought Coraline, but also miserable.

“Up the narrow stairs and into the kitchen. Rosie's mother looked around and mad…”

“Sharper than a serpent's tooth is a daughter's ingratitude. Still, the proudest…”

“Living and seizing to live are imaginary solutions. Existence lies elsewhere.”

“If I come back, it will be a place, but it won't be a home any longer.”