Alice

“How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline.
"I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave."
"Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline.
"Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

“Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.”
― Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

“...there's nothing wrong with occasionally staring out the window and thinking nonsense, as long as the nonsense is yours.”
― Lemony Snicket

“If there's someone you like and they like you back…It's close to a miracle…”
― Natsumi Ando, Kitchen Princess, Vol. 04